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| 'Slumdog' kids leave for the trip t |
| 'Slumdog' kids leave for the trip to Oscars
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| INDIA
, 21-February-2009
1:45:38 AM |
| In the slums where they live, goats pick over piles of trash and men kneel in the street to pray. But the young stars of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ were cruising Mumbai in an air-conditioned Toyota on Friday, doing last-minute shopping and getting advice on the unimaginable: air travel.
The ‘Slumdog’ kids had just got the good news — they were going to the Oscars.
"I feel very very very very very very good," 10-year-old Azharuddin Ismail said, sitting across from his home, a scruffy lean-to of tarps and blankets.
He'd never been on plane. He'd never travelled outside India. And, when pressed, he couldn't name any Hollywood stars he'd really like to meet. Neither could Rubina Ali, his 9-year-old co-star and neighbour.
Both were plucked from the slums of Mumbai by director Danny Boyle to star in "Slumdog Millionaire," a rags-to-riches tale of a slum kid who makes it big. The film has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director
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