Child star of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ movie publishes her life story in the UK

June 10th, 2009 'Slumdog' child star gets new home in MumbaiMUMBAI, India — The makers of the hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire" have bought a new home for one of the two child stars discovered in Mumbai's slums. The purchase of a 250-square-foot, one-bedroom apartment for the family of Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 10, was completed Monday, said Nirja Mattoo, who helps oversee a trust set up by the filmmakers to help Azharuddin and his 9-year-old co-star Rubina Ali.

April 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Oscar-winning 'Slumdog Millionaire' stars and real life couple Dev Patel and Freida Pinto have been spotted kissing during a romantic night out in Israel, says a report. The actors, who played childhood sweethearts in 'Slumdog...', have frequently dismissed rumours that they are dating even after co-star Anil Kapoor hinted they were an item, femalefirst.com reports.

March 31st, 2009 LONDON - Angelina Jolie is believed to have told Azharuddin Mohammed, young star of 'Slumdog Millionaire', that she may soon adopt a child from India. At last month's Oscars, the ten-year-old asked the actress if she planned to adopt an Indian orphan, reports the Sun.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali is said to have been paid more than the Oscar winning film for a drinks commercial with Hollywood superstar Nicole Kidman. According to the nine-year-old slum dweller's father, the money Rubina is receiving for doing the ad is more than the total she got for the film.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - After drawing acclaim for the multiple Oscar winning movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' and sashaying down the ramp in designer clothes, child actor Rubina Ali Qureshi has shot for a TV commercial with Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman. The nine-year-old was plucked from the slums of Mumbai to star in the Danny Boyle movie, and her father hopes that her rising profile could lead to a better life for the family, reports contactmusic.com.

March 18th, 2009 BEIJING - 'Slumdog Millionaire', the Academy Award-winning best picture of the year, will hit Chinese screens March 26, an official said Wednesday. 'The movie will be available at cinemas nationwide,' said Zhang Xiaosong, an official with the China Film Group Corporation (CFGC).

February 25th, 2009 RAIPUR - The Chhattisgarh government Wednesday exempted India-themed film 'Slumdog Millionaire', which has won eight Oscar awards, from entertainment tax in the state for one year. 'The film 'Slumdog Millionaire' has been made tax free with immediate effect in the state for a period of one year by the commercial taxes department on the instructions of Chief Minister Raman Singh,' said an official statement issued here.

February 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - 'Slumdog Millionaire' that won eight Academy Awards has been made tax-free in Maharashtra, an official said Monday evening. The movie, in which a number of Mumbai children, majority of them from slums, play different roles, swept the 81st Oscar ceremony with eight honours, including two for music director A.R.

February 22nd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - The child stars of Mumbai-set hit movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' will be celebrating two firsts this weekend: a trip on an airplane and a ticket to the Oscars Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles Sunday. 'The kids are on their way to the Oscars! Everyone is very excited,' the film's British director Danny Boyle wrote to Daily News in an email Friday.

February 13th, 2009 LONDON - British-Irish director Danny Boyle has won praises and Oscar nominations for 'Slumdog Millionaire' but his father slept through the movie. Patrick Boyle, 88, believes the highly praised, India-based drama is not his son's best offering and prefers Danny's debut 1995 release 'Shallow Grave' over it, Contactmusic.com reports.

February 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - Versatile Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor, who played quizmaster in Danny Boyle's Oscar-nominated rags-to-riches story 'Slumdog Millionaire', says he sees a reflection of his own life in the film. ''Slumdog…' is like my story.

January 31st, 2009 LONDON - The producers of movie sensation 'Slumdog Millionaire' are to launch a British television spin-off in which millionaires will visit Mumbai slums to help poor families, the Daily Express reported Sunday. The new show, called 'Secret Slumdog Millionaire', also takes its name from the successful British television show 'Secret Millionaire', in which wealthy businessmen and women move incognito into poor communities and select a person or project for charity.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Despite the hype and global applause that Danny Boyle's multiple award-winning 'Slumdog Millionaire' has garnered, the film has failed to surpass the box office collections of Bollywood thriller 'Raaz - The Mystery Continues', which released on the same day. While Oscar nominated 'Slumdog Millionaire', which is about a rags-to-riches story of a slum dweller, grossed Rs.135 million, 'Raaz - The Mystery Continues', starring Emraan Hashmi and Kangana Ranaut raked in Rs.210 million within the first four days of their release.

January 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Slumdog Millionaire, which has won 10 Oscar nominations and is a story about a slum kid in Mumbai hitting the jackpot, portrays the harsh realities plaguing India and does not glamourise poverty like some people think, say NGOs. Shirin Vakil Miller, the India director of the NGO Save the Children, which works for slum children said the movie is a reflection of the ground realities challenging millions of Indian children each day.

January 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - Danny Boyle's internationally applauded 'Slumdog Millionaire' will have an odd-sounding title for its Hindi dubbed version - 'Slumdog Crorepati'. The intended Hindi title 'Slumdog Millionaire: Kaun Banega Crorepati' was shortened, thanks to copyright issues by the producers of the international game show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'.