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'Slumdog' star finally departs the slums

World
2009-7-8

"SLUMDOG Millionaire" child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and his mother moved into their new home yesterday, leaving behind a corrugated metal slum shanty for four solid walls, doors that lock and an indoor toilet. ...

'Slumdog' child star finally has a home

World
2009-7-5

A CHILD star of the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" moved into his new home in an upmarket Mumbai suburb yesterday, a far cry from his family's former dwelling - a shanty by the railway tracks. Azharuddin...

Slumdog star gets a new home

World
2009-6-11

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 23-square-meter one-bedroom apartment for the family of Azharuddin...

'Slumdog' star set to publish life story

World
2009-6-7

ONE of the child stars of the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" is to publish her life story. Transworld Publishers said Rubina Ali's book will tell the story of her life in the shantytown where she grew...

'Slumdog' stars to perform for charity in HK

National
2009-6-6

THE child stars of the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" traded the shanties of Mumbai for Hong Kong's skyscrapers yesterday as they arrived to take part in a charity fundraising performance. Already media-savvy...

'Slumdog' star finally has a home after filmmaker steps in

World
2009-5-28

ONCE under fire for not doing enough for its impoverished Indian child stars, the makers of "Slumdog Millionaire" said yesterday they had bought a flat for one of them whose Mumbai shanty home had been demolished. ...

'Slumdog' to howl in mainland premiere

National
2009-3-18

"SLUMDOG Millionaire" is expected to make its Chinese mainland debut on March 26 in Beijing, including a visit by Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle. "Slumdog's" mainland premiere will be fastest for any Oscar-awarded...

'Slumdog Millionaire' director set for premiere in China

National
2009-3-17

DANNY Boyle, the Oscar winning director of "Slumdog Millionaire" is expected to visit the Chinese mainland for the premiere of his multi-award winning film on March 26. "Slumdog Millionaire" will be screened in...

'Slumdog' vetted for local run

National
2009-2-25

THE biggest winner of the 81st Academy Awards, "Slumdog Millionaire," will debut in Chinese mainland cinemas in late March or early April. Weng Li, spokesman for the China Film Group Corp said yesterday that the...

Bollywood-style celebrations for Slumdog Oscar haul

World
2009-2-23

BOLLYWOOD met Hollywood for real today as Mumbai slum dwellers celebrated the triumph of "Slumdog Millionaire", clapping, whooping and dancing like Indian film stars after the rags-to-riches romance swept Oscar gold....