Just a few days after her co-star Azharuddin Ismail saw his home razed to the ground, Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali’s home has also been bulldozed. The young actress reportedly rushed into the shack in the Mumbai slums at the last minute to rescue the dress she wore to the Oscars ceremony three months ago, while her father (who was accused of trying to sell her) was beaten by the Indian authorities after confronting officials.“Why are they doing this? Where are we going to live?” Rubina reportedly sobbed. If anything positive has come out of this horrible situation, the famous child stars of the Oscar-winning flick have drawn attention to the plight of India’s slum children. But what’s going to happen to them Well without any home was, this destined to happen. All the celebrities who heaped praise on Slumdog Millionaire are snuggled up in their Beverly Hills beds as the kid stars of the hit flick readjust to their former lives. And what former lives they are. Azharuddin Ismail, who played the young Salim, is sick and complaining about his living conditions. His mom tells the press that he is struggling to adjust back to his old life, and the child, plagued with a 103 degree fever, said, “I am very sad. I feel sleepy, hot and sick all the time. I can’t get to sleep here – there are too many mosquitoes and it is so hot. I just wish I was in America still.”
His co-star Rubina Ali, who played the young Latika, has expressed a similar desire to hop on the next plane to LAX and make Hollywood her home. “I don’t want to live here in the slum anymore,” she apparently told the Telegraph, while still dressed in her Oscar gown. “I don’t want to sleep on the floor anymore. I want a proper bed and live where the air does not smell of poo. I have seen what it is like in America. Here, there is garbage everywhere, people get angry, swear and shout. I have realised how bad life is here. I just want to get out. ”Indian social workers are troubled that the kids aren’t getting more help from director Danny Boyle, or the Indian authorities. “I cannot believe these kids have just been left like this after being taken to Hollywood. It is bound to affect them psychologically,” said one professional. A wise point, but the social worker fails to note that being used and then forgotten Hollywood might even hurt them more.
Rubina Ali said “Yes, we are interested in securing our girl’s future. Rubina’s life is miserable and she lives here with her stepmother out of her once home. The child is special now. This is NOT an ordinary child. This is an Oscar child!” said her uncle Rajan Moore.Today Rubina’s - who played Latika in the hit movie - father Rafiq denied offering to sell his daughter, and insisted he was meeting to discuss a "film role". But it’s a stark reminder that even for the film’s stars, their reality just a few weeks after being the darlings of the Academy Awards, can become more brutal exploits than any of us can comprehend.[Photo: GettyImages]
Friday, October 16, 2009
An exploitation is this the future society.
Posted by Editorial at 6:04 PM
Labels: Slumdog Girl.
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