Slum Dog Millionaire Actress Celebrates 11th Birthday
Posted on Jan 26, 2010 @ 07:39AM - Add a comment
Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali celebrated her birthday for the first time in a lavish affair this weekend. The child star, who played the young Latika, had a massive party at her slum in Mumbai, India, to celebrate her eleventh birthday. It will be the last in the slums as she prepares to move to a new flat with her family.
Slumdog Millionaire's Rubina Ali Celebrates 11th Birthday
Posted on Jan 26, 2010 @ 05:03AM - Add a comment
It was Rubina Ali's destiny to party it up Sunday, as the young star of Slumdog Millionaire celebrated turning 11 with friends and neighbors in her Mumbai shanty -- but you may be surprised to learn this was her first actual birthday party.
PHOTOS: Slumdog Star Rubina Ali Celebrates Birthday
Let us explain: Rubina only learned what her date of birth was when doing paperwork for a passport to travel 2009's Academy Awards.
'Slumdog' Director Buys New Homes For Kid Stars
Posted on May 28, 2009 @ 10:01AM - Add a comment
Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle has answered an S.O.S. from two of the Oscar winning film’s young stars by buying them new homes RadarOnline.com has learned.
Both Rubina Ali, 9, and Azharuddin Ismali, 10, were reduced to tears after bulldozers flattened their shanty-like homes in Mumbai, India, to make way for a railway station.
British film-maker Boyle flew-out to India amid claims that that he had abandoned the young stars despite the fact that a trust had been set-up for them.
Second Slumdog Millionaire Child's Home Demolished In As Many Weeks
Posted on May 20, 2009 @ 07:43AM - Add a comment
Mumbai officials Wednesday demolished the makeshift home of Rubina Ali, the 9-year-old star of $326 million, octo-Oscar-winning blockbuster Slumdog Millionaire.
"I'm feeling bad," Ali told the AP of the destruction efforts, which commonly claim shanty homes in the city. "My house had been demolished. I'm thinking about where to sleep."
Last week, the shanty home of her fellow Slumdog child star, Azhar Mohammed Ismail, was bulldozed in a similar procedure.
Mother Seeks Custody Of Young Slumdog Star
Posted on Apr 27, 2009 @ 10:15AM - Add a comment
Khursheed Ali, the birth mother of Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali, said she will do "whatever it takes" to win custody of her daughter.
The vow comes just a week after a controversy in which Ali's father and legal custodian, Rafiq Qureshi, was implicated and subsequently cleared of accusations he sought to sell his 9-year-old daughter for $300,000 on the black market.
Police Clear Slumdog Star's Dad Of Ugly Accusation
Posted on Apr 22, 2009 @ 08:40AM - Add a comment
Rafiq Qureshi likely danced in celebration Wednesday after police in India said there was no evidence he tried to sell his daughter, 9-year-old Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali, for $290,000.
"So far there is no evidence of any offense," Nisar Tamboli, a senior police officer, told Reuters Wednesday. "Hence, there is no registration of complaint and no arrest."
Slumdog Kid Selling Scandal: Dad Blames Neighbor
Posted on Apr 21, 2009 @ 11:04AM - Add a comment
The Slumdog Millionaire “kid for sale” scandal has taken a new twist after Rubina Ali’s father Rafiq Qureshi claimed that his neighbor tried to sell his daughter.
Quershi – who was allegedly caught on tape trying to sell the 9-year-old child star for $300,000 – has told media in India that he left his old phone with a neighbor called Salman. “I left my phone with Salman and those people must have called me and this man must have introduced himself as ‘Qureshi’ and demanded some money for Rubina and they must have recorded it,'' he said.
FIRST VIDEO OF "SLUMDOG" BRAWL
Posted on Apr 21, 2009 @ 08:05AM - Add a comment
You've seen the photographs, now see the first video of that outrageous brawl between the birth mother and the stepmother of Rubina Ali, the 9-year-old actress featured in the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire.
Slumdog Family Fight!
Posted on Apr 20, 2009 @ 11:47AM - Add a comment
Slumdog family fight.
Shock Report: Dad Tried to Sell Slumdog Star
Posted on Apr 18, 2009 @ 09:41PM - Add a comment
In a potentially disturbing turn of events, the Oscar gold of Slumdog Millionaire could be tarnished by a scheme to sell one of its young stars for adoption.
Little Rubina Ali, who won hearts playing a young Latika in the film, has allegedly been put on the market for around $295,000 USD.
