Crowd welcomes ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ kids
The child stars of the Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire” returned to India on Thursday to a heroes’ welcome.
Hundreds of well-wishers waited for them at the Mumbai airport. The kids were escorted by dozens of police through the crowds.
The four children, Ayush Khedekar, Tanay Hemant Chheda, Tanvi Lonkar, and Rubina Ali Qureshi, came out with arms around each other’s shoulders. Ali carried a small fluffy brown toy bunny.
The group, whose movie won eight Oscars Sunday, waved and blew kisses to the crowd.
Khedekar, 8, who played the youngest version of Jamal, the main character in the film, was hoisted onto someone’s shoulders before the child actors were whisked away in a waiting car.
The film’s Oscar-winning composer A. R. Rahman and sound engineer Resul Pookutty were showered with flower petals by cheering crowds in their hometowns.
Rahman led the dancing crowd in chants of “Jai Ho,” which means “Be victorious.”
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