‘Slumdog Millionaire’ kids get new homes
The two main child actors from the Oscar winner “Slumdog Millionaire” are moving on up.
Reuters says that Indian government authorities are providing new residences in Mumbai for Rubina Ali and Azhar Ismail, who played the younger versions of the movie’s central characters, Latika and Salim.
“These two children have brought laurels to the country, and we have been told that they live in slums, which cannot even be classified as housing,” said Gautam Chatterjee, head of the state-run Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority.
According to the filmmakers, the children were paid above local Indian wages and also enrolled in school for the first time with a fund established to provide for their education, medical emergencies and “basic living costs.”
I’m happy for these kids, but there are thousands of other children living in slums in Mumbai who weren’t lucky enough to get film roles or look cute on camera. What about them?
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