A member of Rubina's family told rediff.com that the little girl does not appear interested in studies and no one in her family ensures she attends school regularly.
The Slumdog Millionaire star has been tagged by high-society, high fashion magazine Vanity Fair for its The Vanities Girls section. Every month, in The Vanities Girls, VF chooses a 'promising' young actress and gives her a full-page portrait. Freida is the chosen one for the March 2009 issue.
Join us in congratulating the musicians on their spectacular feat.
Smile Pinki, nominated for Best Documentary -- Short Subject, has gone largely unnoticed.
Based on Vikas Swarup's bestseller Q & A, the film however did not strictly adhere to the book. In fact, according to a guardian,co.uk report, the movie was given an extreme makeover.
With his first English language film Slumdog Millionaire shining among the top 10 films of the weekend on three continents, Anil Kapoor, who plays a complicated quiz show host in it, has set a record for an Indian actor.
The two stars of the Oscar winning film will appear in Lord Owen's Lady, a new picture about a Welsh nobleman who falls in love with an Indian girl.
Mohammed Ismail, died in Mumbai after a long battle with tuberculosis.
The actor recounts his experience of shooting for Allen's untitled movie where he plays Freida Pinto's father.
Here's tracing the lives of the Slumdog kids, six months after the Oscar.
Chris Kattan hopes his film will win millions of admirers, who will see a different kind of exaggerated reality than the one in Slumdog Millionaire.
Rubina Ali's amazing journey from a chawl to the Oscar red carpet, in her own words.
Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail have been invited to attend a tea party at the House of Commons.
Oscar winner Resul Pookutty is upset with the fact that thousands of children are still homeless in India.
Freida Pinto and Evangeline Lilly are the latest beauties to join the list of celebrities to endorse products by cosmetic giant L'Oreal.
A lowdown on what's happening in Hollywood.
A number of Hollywood celeb parents have expressed their desire to adopt Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali after her dad tried to sell her, it has emerged.
The girl's father, Rafiq Qureshi has been arrested for trying to sell his daughter for 200,000 pounds.
The Congress is gung-ho about Jai Ho the Oscar winning song by AR Rehman from the hugely feted movie Slumdog Millionaire.
Congratulating Freida on her outstanding success, Ambassador Prabhu Dayal said it was not important whether the movie was directed by an Indian or not as long as the storyline and the entire backdrop was Indian.
According to reports, the 18-year-old actor is in discussions to appear on the ITV1 game show along with the Oscar-winning movie's director Danny Boyle. And the duo might just bring the film's leading lady Freida Pinto on line with the phone a friend option, which will be reminiscent of the film's romantic storyline.
The 43-year-old musician, who won the Oscars for Best Original Music and Best Song for his compositions in Slumdog Millionaire at the 81st Academy Awards, arrived at the Chennai airport from Dubai by an Emirates Airways flight at around 2.30 am.
Oscar nominated documentary film-maker Megan Mylan speaks to rediff.com's Arthur J Pais about her latest documentary -- Smile Pinki.
Slumdog's Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar tells rediff.com about her experience in Los Angeles and her Oscar night.
Gulzar has been penning beautiful songs for Hindi movies through the years. But it took a Slumdog Millionaire -- and A R Rahman's brilliant music in it -- to get Gulzar his first Oscar nomination.
The golden run of "Slumdog Millionaire" at the Oscars and A R Rahman's double win brought smiles on the face of ailing former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who watched the awards at the AIIMS' ICU and even gestured to the staff to have a look at the television.
As much as the Oscar voters loved Slumdog Millionaire, the film could not have won eight Oscars including the best picture and best director nods had it not been a consistent box-office performer, Hollywood insiders say.
The whole world is goning ga-ga over Slumdog Millionaire's victory at the 81st Annual Academy Awards. L K Advani congratulated the team for winning eight Oscars.
Resul Pookutty on his Best Sound Mixing Oscar award for his work in SLumdog Millionaire.
As A R Rahman and Resul Pookutty scripted history by picking up three Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire, members of the film fraternity here joined voices to applaud the enviable feat achieved by the duo.
Slumdog is a hopeful look at today's India. It is a powerful reflection of a country that was tied up in shackles with flawed socialist visions. Everybody -- from the slum dwellers to the middle class young adults who work in call centers to the rich elite and even the gangsters -- wants a piece of the booming India, And nothing seems to be able to stop them.
There is speculation that Sri Lanka-born rapper Tamilian M.I.A., who gave birth to her first child, a boy, last week soon after she performed at the Grammy Awards, will sing or watch someone else perform her part of the O Saya number.
It was not necessary to rake up the dirt to create a film to bring Oscars to India.
Simbu dubs for Dev Patel while S P Balasubramanian dubs for Anil Kapoor in the Tamil version of the hit film.
Oscar nominee Resul Pookutty on his journey from a small village in Kerala to the Kodak theatre in Los Angeles, where the Academy Awards are held.
If experts are to be believed, critically acclaimed Slumdog Millionaire is at 2-7 odds of winning the prestigious Academy Award for the Best Motion Picture.
Which films/ actors/ actresses will make the cut, according to you?
It was the only way Sulmdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle could get the best out of the actor.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances