Jumat, 06 Maret 2009

SLUM KIDS UPDATE

Two Indian slum kids who acted in The Oscar Nominated "Slumdog Millionaire' took flight for Los Angeles to attend the awards ceremony. It's a fairytale come true for eight-year-old Rubina Ali and her co-star Mohammad Azharuddin Ismail, child actors taken from The Slums of Mumbai where the rags-to-riches tale of "slumdog millionare", nominated for 10 oscars, is set.

Ali and Ismail where of to Los Angles for the 81-st academy awards ceremony at The Kodak Theater on Sunday ( February 22 ) where they could rub shoulders with the Jolies and Winslets ot the world.There are few bets against "Slumdog Millionaire" at the prestigious Hollywood awards and the story of young boy on an odds-defying quest on a television game show has picked up a clutch of awards this season.

Buit experiencing the oscards first-hand is more than just a trip abroad for the film's young stars, who have spent most of their lives in the squalor of Mumbai's slums. Rubina's uncle who came to see her off at The Mumbai's Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport was quite certain that the film would bag the coveted award.

The slum portrayed in the award-winning film is at the center of a land controversy in entertainment capital Mumbai that has highligted the challenges facing a booming India as it tries to modernize its cities. Dharavi, where part of the film was shot, is the focus of an ambitious, but contentious, 150-billion rupee ( 3 billion U.S dollars ) redevelopment plan to turn shanties near the heart of The Indian Financial Capital into upscale apartments and office towers.

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