Two children who acted in Slumdog Millionaire are to experience red-carpet glamour a world away from their lives in a Mumbai slum when they attend the Oscars ceremony tomorrow night.
James Finn, of Fox Searchlight Pictures, said yesterday that the studio was making last-minute visa and travel arrangements for the children, who would be put up in a five-star hotel during their visit to Los Angeles.
Azharuddin Mohammed, 10, and Rubina Ali, 9, who played the young versions of the lead characters, have never flown or left India before. “Not in my dreams did I ever think that I will go to America,” said Rubina, who lives in a one-room hut in a Mumbai shantytown. “I have to buy clothes and shoes for the award ceremony. I’m going to go and take a lot of pictures and show them to people.”
Their trip mirrors Slumdog’s rags-to-riches storyline about a boy from a Mumbai slum who wins the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? It is also certain to fuel the controversy already surrounding the film when the children are paraded along the red carpet tomorrow night — and then flown back to the Mumbai slums.
James Finn, of Fox Searchlight Pictures, said yesterday that the studio was making last-minute visa and travel arrangements for the children, who would be put up in a five-star hotel during their visit to Los Angeles.
Azharuddin Mohammed, 10, and Rubina Ali, 9, who played the young versions of the lead characters, have never flown or left India before. “Not in my dreams did I ever think that I will go to America,” said Rubina, who lives in a one-room hut in a Mumbai shantytown. “I have to buy clothes and shoes for the award ceremony. I’m going to go and take a lot of pictures and show them to people.”
Their trip mirrors Slumdog’s rags-to-riches storyline about a boy from a Mumbai slum who wins the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? It is also certain to fuel the controversy already surrounding the film when the children are paraded along the red carpet tomorrow night — and then flown back to the Mumbai slums.
Article Source:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5772880.ece
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