ACTRESS’ FATHER DEFENDS INDIAN ACTORS’ PAY
The father of a young actress who appears in SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE has leapt to the defence of the film’s makers - following criticism from fellow parents over low wages paid to the young Indian actors in the Oscar-nominated movie.
Relatives of Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, who played Latika and Salim in the early scenes of the film, have accused movie executives of underpaying the youngsters - who received $725 (£500) and $2,465 (£1,700) respectively for their work.
But movie bosses at Fox Searchlight came to the defence of the picture, which was shot in the slums of Mumbai, insisting they were paid three times the average local annual adult salary, were enrolled in school for the first time, and a fund was established for their future welfare.
And Rafiq Qureshi, whose seven-year-old daughter, Rubina, appears in Danny Boyle’s acclaimed movie, is adamant that the makers of the film have adequately rewarded his child.
He says, "Whatever a parent could have done, they have done much more than that." And Rubina’s mother, Munni Qureshi, also agreed her daughter’s experience had been a positive one, adding, "I felt very happy that my daughter had become a star."
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