Word: slumdog
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Some of the ridicule directed at Jindal could have been racial, like White House reporter Helen Thomas’s branding of Jindal as “pitiful” before joking about the movie Slumdog Millionaire. But to believe that all of his criticism was racist requires a willing suspension of disbelief...
...married and now lives in Bhayandar, a western suburb of Mumbai. Meanwhile, Shafiq Syed, the lead child actor of the movie, led a roustabout life for years before ending up as an auto-rickshaw driver in Bangalore. Syed gave an interview to an Indian paper the week after Slumdog's Oscar victory, saying, "I roamed the streets of Mumbai, knocked on the doors of producers for nearly eight months, but luck did not smile. In 1993, I returned to Bangalore and began life anew. I've three children who are studying." He said he is writing a screenplay and hopes...
...Slumdog director Boyle and the film's producer, Christian Colson, have said that resources will be made available to pay for Rubiana's and Azhar's education until they turn 18. A "substantial lump sum" as well as housing will also be given to the children when they complete their studies. The producers have also arranged for a rickshaw to take the children to a nonprofit English-language school, Asheema, for the next eight years, just to make sure they attend. Already there are signs of new affluence in the kids' slum dwellings. Rubiana's house was reportedly fitted with...
Read about how Slumdog became Hollywood...
...video of local reaction to Slumdog when it opened in India...