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Like her on-screen character, Rubina comes from one of the slums of [[Mumbai]], living in the Garib Nagar slum near [[Bandra]] station. She continues to live in a makeshift shack in the slums.<ref name=missout/> She lives with her father Rafiq and her stepmother Munni. Rubina's biological mother, Khushi, left her father, along with Rubina and her two siblings, five years ago to marry "some rich person" and never returned until recently. Her father re-married and Rubina was raised by her father and stepmother.<ref name=Ramesh>{{cite web|title=Slumdog actor upset at return of her mother|author=Randeep Ramesh|publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=28 February 2009|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/28/rubina-ali-slumdog-millionaire|accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref> |
Like her on-screen character, Rubina comes from one of the slums of [[Mumbai]], living in the Garib Nagar slum near [[Bandra]] station. She continues to live in a makeshift shack in the slums.<ref name=missout/> She lives with her father Rafiq and her stepmother Munni. Rubina's biological mother, Khushi, left her father, along with Rubina and her two siblings, five years ago to marry "some rich person" and never returned until recently. Her father re-married and Rubina was raised by her father and stepmother.<ref name=Ramesh>{{cite web|title=Slumdog actor upset at return of her mother|author=Randeep Ramesh|publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=28 February 2009|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/28/rubina-ali-slumdog-millionaire|accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref> Soon after the success of Slum Dog Millionaire, her life was again media focus when her father was accused of trying to sell her for £20000.<ref>{{cite news | title='Slumdog' star Rubina's mom drags her, ex-husband to police | url=http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a46906.html | publisher=Prokerala News | location=Mumbai/London | date=19 April 2009 | accessdate=20 April 2009 }}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 17:41, 20 April 2009
Rubina Ali (also known as Rubina Qureshi) is an Indian child actress, who played the youngest version of Latika in the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire (2008), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award. Following the film's success, she has been cast in the upcoming Bollywood film Kal Kisne Dekha (2009).
Career
Rubina's casting in Slumdog Millionaire proved controversial with the producers admitting they debated whether to use real slum kids in the film fearing it would distort their lives too much. Director Danny Boyle justified the casting saying: "These people have so much prejudice against them, why should we be prejudiced against them as well?"[1]
Critics have claimed Rubina and her co-star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, had been underpaid for their part in the film. Something disputed by the films producer saying the actors had been paid the equivalent of a monthly salary payment for the production company's senior staff in Britain. A trust fund has been set up for the children which will be released to them when they turn eighteen, provided they continue in education until this time.[2]
Both Azharuddin and Rubina attended the 81st Academy Awards on 22 February 2009, along with all of the other actors that played Salim, Jamal and Latika. Azharuddin was accompanied by his mother Shameem Ismail, while Rubina was accompanied by her uncle.[3] This was her first journey outside of Mumbai.
Following the success of Slumdog Millionaire at the 2009 Academy Awards, the Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority have recommended the children be rehoused, with an official saying the children had "brought laurels to the country" and deserved to be rewarded.[4] On February 25, 2009, the Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority announced that Azharuddin as well as Rubina would be given "free houses" so that they would no longer have to live in the Mumbai slum of Garib Nagar.[5] Following this announcement, Rubina's maternal mother, Khushi, returned to claim Rubina and wishes to move in with her to the new flat.[6]
In March 2009, Rubina was cast in the upcoming Bollywood film Kal Kisne Dekha (2009), alongside her Slumdog Millionaire co-star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail. The film is being directed by Vivek Sharma and will feature the Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Rishi Kapoor and Juhi Chawla in cameo roles.[7]
Compensation
According to the United Kingdom newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, Rubina Ali was paid £500 during filming for a month’s work on the film.[8] A Fox Searchlight spokesman responded that for their one-month work on the film, she was paid three times the amount of an average annual salary for an adult living in their neighborhood.[8]
On 26 January 2009, Danny Boyle (director) and Christian Colson (producer) released a written statement saying that they had “paid painstaking and considered attention to how Azhar and Rubina’s involvement in the film could be of lasting benefit to them over and above the payment they received for their work”. Boyle and Colson have stated that they have "set up trust funds for Rubina and Azharuddin and paid for their education," although the exact amount of the trust funds is not known. This has also been met with criticism as there is question as to how children growing up in the slums have any expectation of being able to attend higher education, making the trust fund potentially useless.[8]
Boyle has explained that, "We don't want to reveal exact figures about what's in the trust fund, what's in the bank account for them for when they leave school because it will make them vulnerable and a target really but it is substantial, and they will hopefully gain benefit from the film long after the film has disappeared and long after the media who are chasing them at the moment sadly have lost interest in the film and that's been our approach throughout and I think it's the right approach."[9][10]
Awards and honours
Won
- 2009: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Slumdog Millionaire[11]
Nominated
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Younger Latika | English & Hindi | Slumdog Crorepati in Hindi and Naanum Kodeswaran in Tamil |
2009 | Kal Kisne Dekha | Hindi |
Personal life
Like her on-screen character, Rubina comes from one of the slums of Mumbai, living in the Garib Nagar slum near Bandra station. She continues to live in a makeshift shack in the slums.[8] She lives with her father Rafiq and her stepmother Munni. Rubina's biological mother, Khushi, left her father, along with Rubina and her two siblings, five years ago to marry "some rich person" and never returned until recently. Her father re-married and Rubina was raised by her father and stepmother.[6] Soon after the success of Slum Dog Millionaire, her life was again media focus when her father was accused of trying to sell her for £20000.[13]
References
- ^ "Slumdog stars return to reality"The Sun
- ^ "Slumdog Millionaire's child stars to miss Oscars" Daily Telegraph
- ^ "Two Mumbai slum kids set for fairytale journey to Oscars". Indo-Asian News Service. February 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
- ^ [1]BBC News
- ^ Gina Serpe, "Slumdog Kids No Longer Slumming It", E! Online, Feb. 25, 2009.
- ^ a b Randeep Ramesh (28 February 2009). "Slumdog actor upset at return of her mother". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
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(help) - ^ "Azhar and Rubina shoot for movie where Shah Rukh has a cameo". The Siasat Daily. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
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(help) - ^ a b c d Dean Nelson and Barney Henderson. "Slumdog child stars miss out on the movie millions". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
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(help) - ^ Jake Tapper. "Slumdog Symphony: A Chat with Danny Boyle". ABC. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
- ^ "From Slumdog to Bollywood". The Times of India. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
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(help) - ^ "15th Annual SAG Awards, Recipients Announced!". 01/25/2009. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
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(help) - ^ "Cadillac, Slumdog & Bees are Triple Threats Black Reel Awards". Daily Express. 2008-12-15. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
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(help) - ^ "'Slumdog' star Rubina's mom drags her, ex-husband to police". Mumbai/London: Prokerala News. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2009.