Topic: Azharuddin Ismail

No fairy-tale ending

Slumdog Millionaire stars still live in squalor, underscoring the issue of global poverty In February two young children who played starring roles in the hit movie Slumdog Millionaire strolled the red carpet at the Academy Awards. Azharuddin Ismail, 10, wore a crisp ...
Two child actors from the Oscar-winning film " Slumdog Millionaire" have been offered new homes by the ruling Congress party of India's western state of Maharashtra after their slum homes were torn down.The offer on Saturday came days after a private ...

"Slumdog" makers buy flat for homeless child star

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Once under fire for not doing enough for its impoverished Indian child stars, the makers of " Slumdog Millionaire" said Wednesday they had bought a flat for one of them whose Mumbai shanty home had been demolished.Director Danny Boyle and ...