Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle and the trust he set up have bought a new home in Mumbai (Bombay) for one of the child stars of his Oscar-winning movie, BBC online reports Wednesday.
The filmmaker has told Azharuddin Ismail, 9, he will be re-housed after his family was made to leave the slums. He said he hoped a new home would also be found for Rubina Ali, who played Latika, before the monsoon rains in June.
Soon after the movie was finished, Boyle and producer Christian Colson set up the Jai Ho trust, which was aimed to help the children financially until they turned 18.
The apartment for Ismail, who played the young Salim, was slated as “comfortable, in a good neighbourhood and near his school”.
Earlier this month, the authorities tore the childrens slum homes down. Since then Rubina has been staying with relatives and Azhar was living in a makeshift shanty with his parents.
