Rubina Ali to publish memoir

Slumdog Millionaire’s nine-year-old star Rubina Ali is ready to tell her life story.

The Mumbai resident, who played the young Latika in director Danny Boyle’s Oscar winning movie, is penning a memoir.

The book, Dreaming: My Journey to the Stars, will chronicle her story of growing up in the Mumbai slums instead of her rise to fame.

"Rubina brings alive a world of wastelands and rat-infested shanty dwellings, and shows us her home, a wooden shack with a tarpaulin roof, where she grew up with her beloved father and siblings," said a statement released by Transworld Publishers.

The tome will be released in the UK mid July.

Proceeds from the book will be donated to Ali and Medecins du Monde, a French medical aid organization.

Danny Boyle to rescue homeless Slumdog kids

Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle is flying to India to rescue child stars Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail.

Both the child stars’ were rendered homeless after Mumbai authorities torn down their shanties following a slum clearance drive.

Boyle fears that lives of Azharuddin, 10, and Rubina, 9 are spiralling downwards despite their Oscars success.

He had set up a 500,000 pounds trust to help them in education and give them apartments.

Rubina Ali shoots ad with Nicole Kidman

He much talked about girl of Oscar winning film- Slumdog Millionaire, Rubina Ali Qureshi has shot an advertisement with Nicole Kidman.

The advertisement is for a soft drinks company Schweppes. The ad was produced by American Gangster and Ridley Scott and directed by Shekhar Kapur in Udaipur. It also features Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal.

Previously, Rubina’s father Rafiq Qureshi tried to sell her for adoption to a family from Middle East for nearly 200,000 pounds to escape the Mumbai slums. However, Rafiq has denied that he put his daughter ever on sale.

Rafiq claimed that all this was nothing but a trap laid out for him.

Jai Ho Trust to look after Rubina Ali

Jai Ho Trust – an organization made by Slumdog Millionaire group, has come to the rescue of the film’s child star Rubina Ali. The trust has hired a social worker to look after the child artist.The trust has offered to look after the welfare of Rubina Ali amid allegations that the nine-year-old girl’s father Rafiq tried to sell her for 200k pounds.

Both Danny Boyle and Christian Colson are working as active part of the trust and they aim to look after the wellbeing of Rubina’s long-term best interests. The trust is in regular contact with Rubina Ali and her family to look after her welfare and that of her co-star.

One of the 'Jai Ho' trustees, Noshir H Dadrawala, said “the trust will support Rubina, her parents and responsible authorities to ensure that the rights and best interests of Rubina are protected.”

Rubina Ali being sold by father, mom files complain

Slumdog Millionaire child artist - Rubina Ali’s mother Khurshid Qureshi was very upset by the news of her daughter being sold. She lodged a complaint with police following media reports on Sunday afternoon against her husband who had allegedly attempted to sell their daughter.

Following the complaint, police summoned Rubina and her father Rafiq Qureshi to the police station. When Rubina was asked she showed no interst to go anywhere, and wants to live with her father. Similarly, Rafiq Qureshi also said that he has no intentions of selling her.

Khurshid has alleged that Rafiq and his second wife Meena were always crazy for money and now that Rubina has achieved international fame, they want to capitalise on it.

She was heard saying that Rafiq had offered to sell his daughter to the News of the World’s undercover reporters posing as a wealthy family from Dubai for 200,000 pounds.

Rubina`s mom files complains against her ex-husband

"Slumdog Millionaire" child artist - Rubina Ali’s mother Khushi was very upset by the news of her daughter being sold. She lodged a complaint with police following media reports on Sunday afternoon against her husband who had allegedly attempted to sell their daughter.

Following the complaint, police summoned Rubina and her father Rafiq Qureshi to the police station. When Rubina was asked she showed no interst to go anywhere, and wants to live with her father. Similarly, Rafiq Qureshi also said that he has no intentions of selling her.

Khushi has alleged that Qureshi and his second wife Meena were always crazy for money and now that Rubina has achieved international fame, they want to capitalise on it.

She was heard saying that Rafiq had offered to sell his daughter to the News of the World’s undercover reporters posing as a wealthy family from Dubai for 200,000 pounds.

Slumdog Millionaire child Rubina Ali on sale for £200k

Child actress Rubina Ali who played young Latika in the Oscar winning film - Slumdog Millionaire has been put on sale by her greedy dad. In a bid to cash in on Rubina's international stardom her father Rafiq Qureshi has put her for adoption.

They were approached by one wealthy Middle Eastern family who saw their plight in an item on Al Jazeera TV. The couple expressed an interest in adopting young Rubina and her parent’s eyes lit up. He is demanding nearly 200,000 pounds.

Rubina’s family are furious that despite the film being a great success and their pretty daughter becoming so famous, they are still living in such rough conditions. Dad Rafiq knows that soon his daughter’s success will be forgotten and her moment of fame will be over. He has a family to feed and simply can’t afford it.

The Middle East family was moved to tears by the plight of the young orphans and fell in love with Rubina. This family wanted to take Rubina abroad. The approach has made Rafiq very greedy and he has said that he will consider the highest offer for his child.

Slumdog Millionaire child artist Rubina Ali on sale

Child actress Rubina Ali who played young Latika in the Oscar winning film - Slumdog Millionaire is been put on sale by her greedy dad. In a bid to cash in on Rubina`s international stardom her father Rafiq Qureshi has put her for adoption.

They were approached by one wealthy Middle Eastern family who saw their plight in an item on Al Jazeera TV. The couple expressed an interest in adopting young Rubina and her parent’s eyes lit up. He is demanding nearly 200k pounds.

Rubina’s family are furious that despite the film being a great success and their pretty daughter becoming so famous, they are still living in such rough conditions. Dad Rafiq knows that soon his daughter’s success will be forgotten and her moment of fame will be over. He has a family to feed and simply can’t afford it.

The Middle East family were moved to tears by the plight of the young orphans and fell in love with Rubina. This family wanted to take Rubina abroad. The approach has made Rafiq very greedy and he has said that he will consider the highest offer for his child.