Fire ruins star's home
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March 6, 2011, Sunday
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"Slumdog Millionaire" child star Rubina Ali said yesterday her home had burned down in a fire that raged through a crowded slum in Mumbai, India.
Most of the awards she had received for her role as a poverty-stricken child in the Oscar-winning film were destroyed in the blaze that erupted in the Garib Nagar slum late on Friday, the 12-year-old girl said.
Rubina said she and other members of her family were watching television when they heard shouts of a fire and ran out of their shanty.
"We just grabbed what we could and dashed out. The fire spread so fast we couldn't get back in," said Rafiq Ali, Rubina's father.
Rubina said she had lost all her awards and her collection of newspaper clippings and photographs from the success of the 2008 film.
"It's all gone. Even my best clothes, everything," a tearful-sounding Rubina said over the telephone.
The child star said the family was yet to move into a new apartment paid for by a trust set up by the film's director, Danny Boyle.
Rubina played the young Latika in "Slumdog," which won eight Oscars.
Most of the awards she had received for her role as a poverty-stricken child in the Oscar-winning film were destroyed in the blaze that erupted in the Garib Nagar slum late on Friday, the 12-year-old girl said.
Rubina said she and other members of her family were watching television when they heard shouts of a fire and ran out of their shanty.
"We just grabbed what we could and dashed out. The fire spread so fast we couldn't get back in," said Rafiq Ali, Rubina's father.
Rubina said she had lost all her awards and her collection of newspaper clippings and photographs from the success of the 2008 film.
"It's all gone. Even my best clothes, everything," a tearful-sounding Rubina said over the telephone.
The child star said the family was yet to move into a new apartment paid for by a trust set up by the film's director, Danny Boyle.
Rubina played the young Latika in "Slumdog," which won eight Oscars.
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