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Dharavi erupts in joy at Slumdog' Oscar glory
Mumbai, Feb 23 (PTI) Dharavi erupted in joy and hundreds
of its slumdwellers woke before dawn and stayed glued to
handful of TV sets Monday as 'Slumdog Millionaire', a film
that ran through the stark poverty and deprivation in India's
biggest shantytown, scooped eight Oscar awards.
As one entered the filthy and cramped 535-acre slum
where lakhs lived in a square kilometre area in its narrow
lanes, every face sported a smile inviting every visitor to
join their celebrations though in reflected glory.
"We plan to celebrate the win. There will be a party
tonight. In fact, people are already in a celebratory mood,"
said Azhar Shaikh, who has been living for the past decade in
the teeming slum which stood on prime building land in the
country's financial capital.
The family of Rubina, who essayed the role of little
Latika in the film, is readying to greet her after she returns
from the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles.
"We will all be there at the airport when she
returns," her father Rafique said.
His neighbours are also happy that the film, which had
projected scenes from the slum onto cinema screens around the
world, has stormed the Oscar awards for its rags-to-riches
theme.
As the awards were announced, the neighbours of
10-year-old Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, one of the real slum
children who appeared in the film and was also flown to Los
Angeles for the glitzy Oscar ceremony, cheered every win for
"Slumdog Millionaire" as they gathered around a television set
up next to Ismail's home.
Hordes of reporters descended on Dharavi's neighborhood
and TV tripods straddled the thin stream of sewage outside
Rubina's home to capture every moment of the celebrations.
The film had received mixed response across India as
some slum dwellers found it offensive, with some critics even
labelling it as 'poverty .'
Some like Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen said the
movie shows reality.
"When I see Slumdog, I say Mercedes as well as a
bullock cart run on the streets of my country," she said. PTI
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of its slumdwellers woke before dawn and stayed glued to
handful of TV sets Monday as 'Slumdog Millionaire', a film
that ran through the stark poverty and deprivation in India's
biggest shantytown, scooped eight Oscar awards.
As one entered the filthy and cramped 535-acre slum
where lakhs lived in a square kilometre area in its narrow
lanes, every face sported a smile inviting every visitor to
join their celebrations though in reflected glory.
"We plan to celebrate the win. There will be a party
tonight. In fact, people are already in a celebratory mood,"
said Azhar Shaikh, who has been living for the past decade in
the teeming slum which stood on prime building land in the
country's financial capital.
The family of Rubina, who essayed the role of little
Latika in the film, is readying to greet her after she returns
from the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles.
"We will all be there at the airport when she
returns," her father Rafique said.
His neighbours are also happy that the film, which had
projected scenes from the slum onto cinema screens around the
world, has stormed the Oscar awards for its rags-to-riches
theme.
As the awards were announced, the neighbours of
10-year-old Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, one of the real slum
children who appeared in the film and was also flown to Los
Angeles for the glitzy Oscar ceremony, cheered every win for
"Slumdog Millionaire" as they gathered around a television set
up next to Ismail's home.
Hordes of reporters descended on Dharavi's neighborhood
and TV tripods straddled the thin stream of sewage outside
Rubina's home to capture every moment of the celebrations.
The film had received mixed response across India as
some slum dwellers found it offensive, with some critics even
labelling it as 'poverty .'
Some like Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen said the
movie shows reality.
"When I see Slumdog, I say Mercedes as well as a
bullock cart run on the streets of my country," she said. PTI
VT
DEP
NNNN
