Back To Real Life For Slum Dog Kids

Azharuddin Ismail, one of the kids from "Slum Dog Millionaire" , is suffering the effects of all the attention.
"He has been prescribed antibiotics by doctors, who said he is suffering from fever and exhaustion, but his condition has continued to worsen.

Azhar's neighbours have also rallied round to build an 8ft by 5ft metal structure for him to sleep under out of the sun.

The families of the two child stars have said their children are not readjusting to life back in the slums after five days of glitz and glamour in Los Angeles."

Mother Shameem Ismail said: "It has all become too much for him. He is very ill and has not recovered from going to America and all the media interest since we got back."




Both Rubina Ali and Azharuddin continue to wear their Oscar clothes and pine for life in America:
For Rubina, the highlight was her new pale blue dress, which she is still wearing. She says: "When we got to America, Uncle Danny (Boyle)) arranged for some clothes for us. I had never been given so many clothes. I picked out seven dresses and four pairs of shoes. I felt so special in my party dress that I never want to take it off. I felt like a princess walking down the red carpet."
Rubina also said:
"I don't want to sleep on the floor anymore. I want a proper bed and live where the air does not smell of poo. I have seen what it is like in America. Here, there is garbage everywhere, people get angry, swear and shout. I have realised how bad life is here. I just want to get out."


One of the biggest shocks for the young pair was having their own hotel rooms. Rubina explains: “I had never slept in a proper bed alone before. It was nice, I guess. Me and Azharurddin loved jumping on it, we broke it because we played so hard. We had a room each but I went to sleep in his room. His mother was there too. I’ve never slept in a room on my own and I was scared—it felt better to be with people.”

Now back in India, Rubina is struggling to readjust to her old life. Her uncle Mohid Din Khan—who chaperoned her on the trip—says: “She didn’t want to come back but we have all tried to convince her it is OK.”

Slum Dog Actor Beaten By Father

I feel like I can hear him crying......

After being treated like a prince in Hollywood,this is the life he had to come back to.
These horrifying images show ten year old Azharuddin Mohammed after he was slapped and kicked by his father, Ismail, because he refused to be put on display like a trophy.
According to The Sun:
His mother cried out for him to stop, but Ismail continued to dish out the physical punishment to the child-star.

Azharuddin stood up to his dad, flaring the temper of the 45-year-old, who launched himself at the boy shamelessly.

Azharuddin yelped out as he tried to evade the older man's flailing hands and feet.



He dashed into the tent that makes up his family home, followed by his father, where the young Slumdog star tried to cower in the corner.

Azharuddin grabbed his face in pain and then ran off to cry.

“Azharruddin’s father was upset that he was asking to be left alone because he was tired,” said one shocked onlooker.



“He didn’t attend school today so that he could recover from his long flight from LA and simply wanted all the attention to stop.

“However, when Azharuddin put his foot down and said that was it and there was to be no more talking, Ismail just flipped.

“It was like a scene out of Slumdog Millionaire.”

Talking only moments before his father’s attack, Azharuddin spoke of his tiredness due to the long flight.

“I do not want to speak today to any reporters,” he said.

Slum Dog Kids

As I mentioned before the kids from Slum Dog Millionaire still live in the slums.
Azharuddin Ismail Shaikh Usman and Rubina Rafiq Asghar Ali Qureshi are residents of Garib Nagar a slum in Bandra East, Mumbai. They played the youngest version of the lead characters in the Oscar-winning film and were flown to the US for Hollywood's biggest awards ceremony on Sunday.

Upon their return Mumbai Congress president Kripashankar Singh said , "These children have brought laurels to the country. It is our duty to look after and safeguard them."

He is proposing to give the children a place to live.

Singh said he would meet Chief Minister Ashok Chavan Tuesday evening and initiate the process. Also, he urged Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) chairman Amarjit Singh Manhas to take up the issue on a priority basis.

This Is How An Actor In Slum Dog Millionaire Lives Today

That's right I said TODAY.



Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 10, stands outside his home, a makeshift plastic tent in a slum in Bandra, suburban Mumbai, India, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. Azharuddin played the youngest version of Salim, the brother of the main character Jamal, in the Oscar-nominated film "Slumdog Millionaire". Slumdog actors Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail still live in the Bandra slums.