Azhar Ali

...who wins the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." British director Danny Boyle cast real-life slum residents Azhar and 10-year-old Rubina in the film. Ayush did not grow up in the slums. But some critics have accused the...

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...families. Danny Boyle -- who won the Oscar for best director -- and producer Christian Colson decided to help Azhar and Rubina by securing them spots in Aseema, a nonprofit, English-language school in Mumbai. Rubina's parents were...

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...late Saturday, but they were still warmly applauded by the studio audience. Rubina wore a long red dress, while Ayush and Azhar wore traditional Indian kurtas. Presenters announced after the performance that one donor phoned in a...

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If Azhar and Rubina never receive payment for acting in "Slumdog Millionaire," then the filmmakers can no longer argue that they set up the trust to benefit the children; receiving money now would help them more than no money in the future.

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...also adds with producer Christian Colson, "We 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. "Since...

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