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'Slumdog' child star moves into new Mumbai home

Sunday, July 5, 2009
Reuters


MUMBAI -- A child star of the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" moved into his new home in an upmarket Mumbai suburb on Saturday, a far cry from his family's former dwelling -- a shanty by the railway tracks.

Azharuddin Ismail, 9, played the youngest Salim in British director Danny Boyle's rags-to-riches film about a slum -- dweller trying his luck on a TV gameshow.

His eyes bright and a big smile plastered on his face, Ismail showed off his new home to guests.

Ismail and his family moved into the 250-square-foot (25-sq-meter) ground -- floor flat, which is in a modern building complex, with electricity and running water.

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