Slumdog millionaire child star´s future
According to The Independent.com Two of the child stars of the Oscar-topping movie are going to be moved from their Mumbai slum. “In what will be seen as either an act of kindness or a cynical ploy designed to secure public support before elections, officials in the city’s housing authority have sought approval from the chief minister to provide two flats for the child actors Azharuddin Ismail and Rubiana Ali Qureshi. The children, who flew to Los Angeles to experience the red-carpet excitement of Sunday night’s Oscar ceremony, live in the Garib Nagar slum, an area riddled with narrow alleys of shanty homes, open sewage and rubbish. Azhar lives with his sick father in a makeshift cloth shelter and Rubiana lives in a small room”.
When MTV News caught up with the cast on the red carpet, the actors were still starry-eyed in the face of what is surely the most surreal experience of the lives.
“I haven’t met Brad,” said star Dev Patel, who plays Jamal, when asked if he’s been hobnobbing with the Hollywood elite. “I met Angelina briefly, and I didn’t do much talking. I was just like [he falls into shocked silence].” What did she have to say to the tongue-tied 18-year-old? “I don’t know,” Patel confessed. “It’s all a blur.”
Patel should practice playing it cool in front of A-listers, because it seems like he has a long Hollywood career ahead of him. First up is a starring role in M. Night Shyamalan’s fantastical martial-arts flick “The Last Airbender.” The director cast the British-born actor after seeing him in the “Slumdog” role.
During Oscar weekend, Patel wasn’t the only “Slumdog” star acting less than smooth in front of celebrities. “There was a party last night, and I spilled wine all over Matthew Perry!” said Madhur Mittal, who plays Jamal’s brother, the gangster Salim. “He was cool about it, because I’m his biggest fan.”
“Slumdog” became just the 11th film in Oscar history to be nominated for a Best Picture award and not receive a single nomination in any actor category. The entire group did, however, win the Screen Actors Guild award for outstanding performance by a cast.
Many of the youngest actors were plucked by director Danny Boyle directly from the Mumbai slums and had never boarded a plane before zipping across the globe and landing outside the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. As they shuffled up to MTV Movies Editor Josh Horowitz, the kids were ecstatic.
“It’s unbelievable!” said Tanay Chheda, who plays Jamal when he’s an adolescent. “It’s still not sunk in. We’re on the red carpet. It’s our first awards ceremony, and it’s the Oscars.”
“All we can see is lights flashing!” one of his co-stars added.
The giggling youngsters were so excited that at one point, they almost toppled off the red carpet and into the nearby shrubbery. When they were asked which star they were hoping to see, the actors popped off with names as if they were just kids watching the celebrity craziness at home.
“Brad Pitt or Tom Hanks!”
“Kate Winslet!”
“Tom Cruise!” Ever met him? “I’ve seen him only in movies.” And what would you say to Tom if you met him? “Hi, I’m your biggest fan!”
Article from MTV news