News - Christian Colson
Danny Boyle, Christian Colson, Aaron Sorkin, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall to be honored at the Hollywood Awards Gala HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept.
British director Danny Boyle and the Jai Ho Trust he set up have secured housing for one of the homeless child actors from his film Slumdog Millionaire. The home of 10-year-old Azharuddin Ismail's family in the slums of Mumbai was recently demolished, along with numerous other makeshift dwellings, at the direction of city officials. A director for the trust told the BBC an apartment found for the boy and his family this week is comfortable, in a good neighborhood (and) near his school. Boyle said he also hopes to help find a new home for 9-year-old Slumdog actress Rubina Ali before the monsoon rains, which are expected to begin in June. The little girl's previous slum dwelling was also razed this month and she reportedly has since been staying with relatives. The homes are a concern.
The team behind the Oscar-winning, Mumbai-set movie Slumdog Millionaire says it is donating about $745,000 to help some of the Indian city's poorest children.
The director, producer and movie studio behind Mumbai-set Slumdog Millionaire are denying allegations they exploited two child actors. The Daily Telegraph recently ran interviews with relatives of Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail -- two of the juvenile Indian co-stars of the award-winning drama -- who claim the filmmakers did not pay the children fairly or help improve their impoverished lives in real-life slums. Variety.com said director Danny Boyle and producer Christian Colson quickly refuted the allegations in a statement explaining they not only paid the young actors well, but also helped the children enroll in school for the first time after filming, and set up a fund to pay for their education and basic living costs, healthcare and any emergencies.
