'Slumdog' star gets new role
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January 15, 2010, Friday
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"SLUMDOG Millionaire" child star Rubina Ali played a poverty-stricken child in the Oscar-winning film, but the real-life daughter of India's shantytowns now has a small fortune in book and movie deals.
The girl's publisher and a producer say she is already committed to projects worth more than US$145,000, and her family could soon move out of the slums and into a new apartment paid for by a trust set up by the film's director, Danny Boyle.
Rubina, 10, and her "Slumdog" co-star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 11, have both landed roles in the independent film "Lord Owen's Lady," a romantic comedy by Dragons Productions (Wales) Ltd, chairman Martin Pennell said.
Pennell said the children will each be paid 1,000 pounds (US$1,626) per day, for about 20 days of shooting on location in Dubai and Wales.
He said talks are continuing with actor Anthony Hopkins to play the father of Lord Owen, a reckless heir who falls in love with a beautiful Indian woman.
The children shot to fame after starring in "Slumdog," the rags-to-riches blockbuster that won eight Oscars. Rubina played the young Latika, who grows up to become the hero's love interest, and Azhar plays his brother, Salim.
Rubina has also received 20,000 pounds as an advance for her autobiography, published in June, and stands to get at least 50,000 pounds more in royalties by April, said Philippe Robinet, publisher at France's Oh! Editions, which first released the book.
Random House released an English version of the book, which is being translated into 14 languages, as "Slumgirl Dreaming."
Robinet said at least 100,000 copies of the book have been sold worldwide. Rubina's royalties will be administered by A.F.E.A., L'Association Francaise pour L'Enfance Abandonnee, a French charity that helps homeless children.
"I strongly hope Rubina could have a better life from this book," Robinet said. "It's not so easy to do. I'm not sure we'll succeed."
The girl's publisher and a producer say she is already committed to projects worth more than US$145,000, and her family could soon move out of the slums and into a new apartment paid for by a trust set up by the film's director, Danny Boyle.
Rubina, 10, and her "Slumdog" co-star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 11, have both landed roles in the independent film "Lord Owen's Lady," a romantic comedy by Dragons Productions (Wales) Ltd, chairman Martin Pennell said.
Pennell said the children will each be paid 1,000 pounds (US$1,626) per day, for about 20 days of shooting on location in Dubai and Wales.
He said talks are continuing with actor Anthony Hopkins to play the father of Lord Owen, a reckless heir who falls in love with a beautiful Indian woman.
The children shot to fame after starring in "Slumdog," the rags-to-riches blockbuster that won eight Oscars. Rubina played the young Latika, who grows up to become the hero's love interest, and Azhar plays his brother, Salim.
Rubina has also received 20,000 pounds as an advance for her autobiography, published in June, and stands to get at least 50,000 pounds more in royalties by April, said Philippe Robinet, publisher at France's Oh! Editions, which first released the book.
Random House released an English version of the book, which is being translated into 14 languages, as "Slumgirl Dreaming."
Robinet said at least 100,000 copies of the book have been sold worldwide. Rubina's royalties will be administered by A.F.E.A., L'Association Francaise pour L'Enfance Abandonnee, a French charity that helps homeless children.
"I strongly hope Rubina could have a better life from this book," Robinet said. "It's not so easy to do. I'm not sure we'll succeed."
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