Slumdog Paupers ; It has Taken Pounds 70m at the Box Office and Is Tipped for Oscar Glory On Sunday. Yet Two of Slumdog Millionaire's Young Stars Are Still Forced to Wash in Dirty and Sleep Three to a Mat in the Shacks Next to Open Sewers They Call Home

Daily Mail › February 20, 2009

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STRETCHED out on a shabby makeshift cot next to piles of rubble and dirt, he could be any of Mumbai's 2.5million slum children.

In fact, the scrawny young boy is the star of one of the biggest films of the year.

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Slumdog Paupers ; It has Taken Pounds 70m at the Box Office and Is Tipped for Oscar Glory On Sunday. Yet Two of Slumdog Millionaire's Young Stars Are Still Forced to Wash in Dirty and Sleep Three to a Mat in the Shacks Next to Open Sewers They Call Home

Slumdog Millionaire is expected to win a clutch of Oscars on Sunday for its uplifting story of a boy from the slums who wins the jackpot on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

The movie has grossed Pounds 70million worldwide, made British director Danny Boyle the darling of Hollywood and turned lead actors Dev Patel and ...

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