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Is Exploitation Charge The Only Thing That Can Sink 'Slumdog'? [Oscars]
Gawker: defamer —
... The Telegraph today noted complaints by the parents of Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, two of the kids cast straight from the slums into Danny Boyle's game-show/romance fantasia. Happy as they are for Slumdog's success in the States, they're still wondering if their children got precisely what they're worth for carrying over a third of the presumptive Best Picture winner: according to the parents, roughly $700 for Ali and $2,400 for Ismail (for 30 days' work each), who play the younger versions of the film's characters Latika and Salim, respectively. ...
Joaquin Rapping? We're Getting Punk'd [Dirt Bag]
Jezebel —
... claim the movie may be making millions, but they continue to live in "grinding poverty." One father says: "I am very happy the movie is doing so well, but it is making so much money and so much fame and the money they paid us is nothing." [ Telegraph ] More Slumdog issues: A social activist in Mumbai has filed a complaint in a local court against director ...
Slumdogs Are Still Slummin'
Jossip —
... The two children that played the young versions of the protagonists in Slumdog Millionaire have been left behind by the movie's success, according to their parents. Despite the fact that the movie has been nominated for 10 Oscars and has made millions in the box office, Mumbai residents Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail continue to live in impoverished conditions, including the demolition of Ismail's home which has forced him to move under a tarp to live. ...
Slumdog Millionaire Parents Pissed
TheBadandUgly.com —
Eight year olds Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, the children of Slumdog Millionaire are still stuck in the slums, though technically they are part recipients of last Sunday’s SAG award for best cast. In one of those stories that you really hope isn’t true while you simultaneously suspect it is, the parents of the kids have started going to the press, bemoaning the current conditions of their little stars…
From The Telegraph:
The film’s British director, Danny Boyle, has spoken of how he set up trust ...
Slumdog Millionaire Backlash Intensifies
Vulture —
... Grown-up slumdogs Dev Patel and Freida Pinto may get more media attention these days, but it was Slumdog Millionaire's adorable child actors who won our hearts by diving in poop and playing on the tops of train cars. So why were Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail (who played younger versions of Latika and Salim) paid only $700 and $2,300, respectively, for their services? An excellent question! ...
It’s Getting Hot in Here
Awards Daily's Oscar Countdown —
... The latest thing is that the Slumdog filmmakers have been forced to make a statement regarding the two actors who played the young children in the film after the Telegraph posted this story. ...
L.A. Dispatch: "Slumdog" Principals Challenge Exploitation Claims
Carpetbagger —
The British press has been making a fuss recently about some allegedly unsavory details behind the making of the Oscar-nominated “Slumdog Millionaire,” reporting that the parents of two of the child actors have accused the producers of exploiting and underpaying the eight-year-olds, disclosing that both face uncertain futures in one of Mumbai’s most squalid slums. The allegations have prompted the principals to fight back. Fox Searchlight just put out a pair of statements from the filmmakers and the distributors challenging claims that their child actors Rubina Ali and ...
"Slumdog" Hears "Beautiful Mind"-Like Whispers
Carpetbagger —
“Slumdog Millionaire” looks unstoppable, but that will not prevent people from trying to derail the juggernaut. The reports bring to mind the whisper campaign against “A Beautiful Mind” in 2001 – it was suggested that John Nash was not only crazy, ...
Slumdog Press Updated
TheBadandUgly.com —
... original story and the updated material.
Eight year olds Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, the children of Slumdog Millionaire are still stuck in the slums, though technically they are part recipients of last Sunday’s SAG award for best cast. In one of those stories that you really hope isn’t true while you simultaneously suspect it is, the parents of the kids have started going to the press, bemoaning the current conditions of their little stars…
From The Telegraph:
The film’s British director, Danny Boyle, has ...
It's Too Bad All Those Pesky Indians Are Ruining Slumdog Millionaire 's Oscar Chances [Beautiful Awards]
Gawker —
... Folks at Fox Searchlight, Slumdog's US distributor, immediately sent out press releases refuting all the claims, which ranged from people upset that India was portrayed in an overly negative light to charges that the film's child actors were poorly treated and unfairly compensated for their work. Fox PR folks were wise to act quickly, as charges of inauthenticity have sunk Oscar-hopefuls before. The Envelope post brings up Denzel Washington's The Hurricane, which was torpedoed by claims of inaccuracy before it even got out of the gate. ...
'Slumdog Millionaire' controversy: Is there a there there?
PopWatch —
... “So they have to stay in school until they’re 18. When they reach 18, and if they’ve passed all their exams, a quite substantial sum of money -- extra money [on top of their salaries] -- will be released to them.” Boyle wasn’t presenting this in a Look at what a good, moral Westerner I am! See how I take care of the less fortunate! kind of way. Rather, he was explaining a course of action that, to me, seemed logical, responsible, and just. But now, an article printed in Britain's The Telegraph earlier this week has stained those good intentions with accusations of ...
Slumdog Millionaire makers deny allegations of child exploitation
Film | guardian.co.uk —
... They issued a statement yesterday in response to an article in the Daily Telegraph, which said the two eight-year-olds who played the characters of Salim and Latika as youngsters had been paid paltry amounts for their services. ...
Slumdog's Child Actors Were Paid Slave Wages And Left To Rot
Cinema Blend News —
... to leave it at that. Its not my fault that the sordid truth about Danny Boyles not-as-uplifting-as-advertised movie keeps showing up in my inbox. This latest bit of news is really the worst so far. It was only a few days ago that I saw Danny Boyle on the talk show circuit, chatting about how they recruited the movies child actors directly from the slums. There he claimed theyd paid them handsomely and completely changed their impoverished lives. Except
not so much. The Telegraph reports that Rubiana Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, who play the youngest versions of Latika ...
Danny Boyle Offers To Buy Slumdog Child Actors New Homes
/Film —
... This move follows accusations that Boyle and the film’s producers had exploited the children in making the film, claims that were fueled when photos of the children still ...
