Danny Boyle buys new home for homeless Azharuddin Ismail

October 7th, 2009 LONDON - Rubina Ali, who played the young Latika in Danny Boyle's Oscar winning flick Slumdog Millionaire, may soon be homeless. It is because of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai's plans to bulldoze her slum and build a new township over it.he shanty of the nine-year-old Rubina was earlier razed to the ground in May, only to be restored on popular demand later.

September 11th, 2009 LONDON - Director Danny Boyle may be 'edging closer' to making 'Porno, a follow-up to his film Trainspotting, according to actor Robert Carlyle, who starred in the 1996 hit. "I think there is lots more entertainment to be had from that group of people so I would be up for it, and I know Danny seems to be edging more towards it," the BBC quoted him as saying.

July 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - Azharuddin Ismail, child star of the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" and his family members looked happy as they stepped into their new house in an upmarket Mumbai suburb. "I am feeling very happy in my new house," said Ismail.

July 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - 'Slumdog Millionaire' star Azharuddin Ismail has finally moved into his new home, after his shanty was demolished by Mumbai authorities. Ismail, who played the role of young Salim in the Oscar-winning film, was left homeless after his shanty was demolished by officials for being illegal.

June 19th, 2009 LONDON - 'Slumdog Millionaire' child stars Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali narrowly escaped a massive fire that destroyed a section of their Mumbai slum. More than 200 slum homes were gutted and 15 people injured in the blaze, which started at 4am local time on Thursday.

June 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle has signed a three-year producing deal with Fox Searchlight and Pathe Pictures, which will co-finance and co-distribute the British filmmaker's future films. Both Fox Searchlight and Pathe Pictures played a crucial role in propelling the Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire' to worldwide success, reports Variety.

June 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - 'Slumdog Millionaire' director Danny Boyle was left starstruck when he met legendary actor Clint Eastwood during this year's awards season in Los Angeles. Boyle revealed that he had a reason to be so excited about his encounter with Eastwood because he could boast to his father about meeting a movie icon.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle is reassembling his 'Slumdog Millionaire' team to make a new film on Mumbai, his scriptwriter has revealed. Simon Beaufoy, who bagged an Academy Award for Slumdog's screenplay, has revealed that Boyle has bought the rights for another book about India's commercial capital called "Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found", written by Suketu Mehta.

June 5th, 2009 Susan Boyle released from mental health clinicLONDON — The brother of talent-show contestant Susan Boyle says the singer has left a mental health care facility and is doing better. Gerry Boyle told GMTV Friday that his sister had been released from the London clinic.

June 3rd, 2009 LONDON - After gathering much appreciation and Oscars following the success of Slumdog Millionaire, director Danny Boyle is set to return to Mumbai for another film, it has emerged. According to reports, Boyle has acquired film rights to another book set in the vast shantytowns of the city.

June 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI - British director Danny Boyle, who filmed his multiple Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire" in Mumbai, says he misses the city when he is away and that he is coming here next year to shoot another movie. "We've had a couple of meetings about another project in Mumbai.

June 1st, 2009 LONDON - 'Slumdog Millionaire' director Danny Boyle has urged media to stop disrupting the lives of the two young Indian stars of his Oscar-winning movie. Azharuddin Ismail, 10, and Rubina Ali, nine, live in the slum area of Mumbai.

May 28th, 2009 MUMBAI - Once under fire for not doing enough for its impoverished Indian child stars, the makers of Oscar winning movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' said that they had bought a flat for one of them whose shanty, unfortunately was demolished in Mumbai recently. This was disclosed by Danny Boyle, director of the movie while interacting with media persons here on Wednesday.

May 27th, 2009 LONDON - Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle is flying to India to rescue child stars Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, it has emerged. Both the child stars' were rendered homeless after Mumbai authorities torn down their shanties following a slum clearance drive.

May 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, child star of hit film "Slumdog Millionaire," and his family have more or less rebuilt their shanty home after officials in Mumbai, India, demolished it. The ten-year-old and his family moved back into what was left of their home on May 15.