Word: slumdog
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Rafiq is desperate to cash in on his 9-year-old's success.' British tabloid NEWS OF THE WORLD, claiming that Rafiq Qureshi, father of Slumdog Millionaire child actress Rubina Ali, tried to sell his daughter for £200,000 to undercover reporters...
...Slumdog Millionaire propelled nine-year old Rubina Ali to instant stardom and fame. However, too much fame can be a bad thing for a pretty little girl from an impoverished background. She has been subject to near constant media attention, witnessed brawls between her mother and stepmother over her custody and, most recently, been the subject of a dubious international sting operation...
...Rubina in her home in a slum in Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai, asking her to clarify the incident. Qureshi has consistently denied the tabloid's claims and has not been arrested - despite widespread reports in Indian newspapers and on television to the contrary. (See the real slum of Slumdog Millionaire...
...Each director [has] their own kind of rapport with other artists. When I work with Mani Ratnam, there's one kind of rapport. When I work with Ashutosh Gowariker, it's different. So with [Slumdog Millionaire director] Danny Boyle, automatically a different sense came in. He had his own taste of music and I was very interested in knowing what he liked about my music...
...didn't want [the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack] to die as a film soundtrack. I wanted to extend it to a younger audience, too. We made sure that we told [the Pussycat Dolls] that this was a song about destiny, about love and all that stuff. [It's] about victory, so don't make it obscene. Make it lovable. And I think they did a very good job ... It took almost eight different tries to get it right...