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NEWS ABOUT: Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail stories: 6 news summaries

 Slumdog Kid Gets New Home 


Jul 4, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Azharuddin Ismail, the child actor who played the main character’s brother in Slumdog Millionaire, moved into a new home in an upmarket Mumbai suburb today, the BBC reports. A trust set up by the film’s producers paid for the house and is hunting for a similar abode... More »

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India • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail • women's issues

(Newser) - The makers of Slumdog Millionaire have bought a home for one of the film’s Indian child actors whose real-life shanty was demolished by the Mumbai government, Reuters reports. Azharuddin Ismail is now living in a “comfortable” apartment “in a good neighborhood near his school,” an... More »

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India • homeless • Mumbai • Danny Boyle • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail • shanty • Christian Colson

 Second Slumdog 
 Kid's Home Torn Down 

Ali's father beaten by police in demolition

May 20, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(AP) - The shanty home of another Slumdog Millionaire child star was torn down by Mumbai authorities today as they demolished part of a city slum where she lived. The stepmother of 9-year-old Rubina Ali, who portrayed a young Latika, the Oscar-winning film's heroine, said her husband was beaten by police who... More »

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film • India • Mumbai • demolition • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

 Slumdog Star's 'Illegal' 
 Home Demolished 

Family had lived there 15 years

May 14, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mumbai officials tore down the home of Slumdog Millionaire child star Azharuddin Ismail, calling the slum dwelling illegal construction. Ismail’s mother says the family lived there 15 years before police arrived unannounced. “We didn’t even get a chance to remove our belongings,” she tells the Telegraph.... More »

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India • Mumbai • child star • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail • Jay-ZTV

 Slumdog Makers Give 
 $740K to Educate Poor 

Fun intended to hush critics who call film 'poverty porn'

Apr 17, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - To combat accusations that Oscar sensation Slumdog Millionaire is a form of “poverty porn,” the filmmakers have donated about $740,000 toward a health education initiative in Mumbai’s slums, the Times of London reports. The funds are in addition to trusts set up for the movie’s... More »

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philanthropy • entertainment • charity • donation • poverty • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

(Newser) - Angered that his son wouldn’t play to a crowd welcoming 10-year-old Slumdog Millionaire actor Azharuddin Mohammed back to Mumbai, the boy’s father administered a public beating today, the Sun reports. Azharuddin arrived home yesterday following the film’s Oscar triumph, and had the day off school; when he... More »

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domestic violence • award show • Mumbai • movies • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • slums • abusive parents • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

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