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Slumdog star's home lost in fire The - Page 5 - Movies, Music, Fashion, Sports - Posted: 7th Mar, 2011 - 8:04pm
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One of the kids have moved out from the slum, the other two are still there as they are searching homes for them. Wow, the apartments purchased are really small.
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| Los Angeles (E! Online) - That makes one less real-life slumdog for the young cast of Slumdog Millionaire. Filmmakers this week began to make good on their much-publicized pledge to purchase homes for the child actors who appeared in the Oscar-winning film, buying a one-bedroom Mumbai apartment for the family of 10-year-old Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail. The house hunt was ramped up in recent weeks after the illegal shacks of both Ismail and 9-year-old costar Rubina Ali's family were bulldozed over in a government sweep of their slums. The deal was completed earlier this week as the Jai Ho Trust, set up by director Danny Boyle and producer Christian Colson with the purpose of educating and housing the young stars, provided the $50,000 to purchase the home. "We signed the papers on Monday," a spokesman for the trust said. "We have the keys and we will hand them to the family." The 250-square-foot apartment, located in a suburb north of Mumbai, will be transferred from the trust and put in Ismail's name when he turns 18, with the caveat that the property will only be handed over if he completes his schooling. Incidentally, this is the second home purchased for Ismail's family in recent weeks. The government's Maharashtra Housing Authority Development Agency recently purchased a slightly smaller 180-square-foot apartment for the boy's family in the Malvani district of Mumbai... |
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$50,000 for a 250 square foot apartment?
No wonder people are having to live in slums over there... That's insane!
From my (very) limited understanding of that part of the world, people make pennies on the dollar compared to what we make and yet their housing is priced like luxury custom homes in my area?
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Hey did the two lovers in this movie eventually hook up or was it just a rumor?
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