Slumdog kid promised a free home and ends up on the muddy streets again
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May 14, 2009, 05:10 PM | by Christine Spines
Categories: Current Affairs, Film
The Associated Press is reporting that Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, a 10-year-old star of Slumdog Millionaire, is now homeless after his family home was bulldozed earlier today in a government mandated "pre-monsoon sweep" of illegally built shanties in Mumbai, India's Garib Nagar slum. Now Ismail, who played young Salim in the $326 million grossing Best Picture-winning film, and his family are preparing to spend the night on the muddy ground surrounded by the rubble of their former shack. Director Danny Boyle and producer Christian Coulson have promised to donate $30,000 to ultimately help the young stars find permanent housing.
Source: News briefs
Si c'est vrai, cela me retourne l'estomac et me donne envie de vomir. :'-(
Le gouvernement de Mumbai aurait promis, en février, que le petit garçon (Ismail) et la petite fille (Rubina), jouant un grand role dans le film, se verraient attribuer une maison chacun (gratuitement), en récompense.
Alors quoi?! Non seulement ils n'ont pas tenu cette promesse, mais en plus ils mettent le gosse dans une situation encore plus précaire (qui, d'un point de vue européen, est absolument invivable et inhumaine).
Mumbai slums - Bollywood - Hollywood and back to the Mumbai slums... Quel trajet!
Je ne trouve meme pas les mots.
C'est dégueulasse.
Nausées.
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