Dev Patel Freida Pinto seen kissing in Israel

Slumdog Millionaire’s superstars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto have been recently seen getting intimate. In Israel the couple was caught kissing during a romantic night out.

The actors who played a very hot and happening couple on-screen in the oscar winning film are dating for real after 'Slumdog' co-star Anil Kapoor hinted they that they could turn out to be an ideal couple in real life.

Anil had said, "When I meet them I feel there is something happening. This is the beginning of something exciting happening. They definitely make a great pair. Both of them look very good together."

However, Patel and Pinto have frequently dismissed rumours they are dating.

However, the British teenager recently visited Israel to see Pinto on the set of her new movie ‘Miral’, and the pair was later spotted enjoying a few tender moments during a romantic dinner.

Dev Patel Freida Pinto seen kissing in Israel

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.”

Slumdog Millionaire kid Tanay Cheda is young SRK in My name is Khan

Karan Johar known for making designer films recently shot key sequences of his “My Name Is Khan” in a slum with Slumdog Millionaire kid Tanay Cheda. Tanay, who played the 'middle' Jamal in Slumdog Millionaire, made Shah Rukh Khan's childhood look convincing for the film.

The director chose him to play young Shah Rukh because of Tanay's instant connectivity with the Mumbai slums and also because of the Western audience.

The scenes with Tanay were shot in Borivali with Zarina Wahab, who plays Shah Rukh's mother. The director now intends to cast Tanay as junior SRK whenever required, much in the way that Master Mayur played the young Amitabh Bachchan in a series of films.

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 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.

Irrfan Khan in Hollywood adaptation of Life of Pi

After the success of Slumdog Millionaire Irrfan Khan is riding high. He is up for a part in the movie version of “Life of Pi”. Following the film’s success, the Indian actor has become a hit in the international film circuit. Following this trend are Freida Pinto and Dev Patel, who have been offered roles in Woody Allen and M Night Shyamalan’s next fims respectively.

Life of Pi is the best-selling Booker Prize winner of all time and has become a global phenomenon after its 2002 win. It has been translated into 40 languages. The Man Booker prize-winning book tells the tale of a lone shipwreck survivor who shares his lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra, an orang-utan and a tiger.

Ang Lee is planning to adapt the novel into a Hollywood movie. The director is in talks over the adaptation of Yann Martel’s novel.

Friedo Pinto is the Best Dressed celebrity

Fashion bible Vogue has declared Friedo Pinto as the Best Dressed celebrity beating Renée Zellweger and Rosamund Pike. She was awarded this title for peach Donna Karan gown, Bally heels, and Lorraine Schwartz jewels which she wore at the 20th Annual Producers Guild Awards nite.

Slumdog Millionaire is Freida’s first movie and it seems that Freida, who plays the protagonist’s winsome love interest Latika has been charming audiences both on-screen and off it.

Well with celebrated designers like Christian Lacroix, Moschino and Marchesa lining up to dress the sexy Ms. Pinto, one can definitely expect much more fashion attention of her. The big question now is what will the she wear for the Oscars?

Movie Review of Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire – One of the most talked about movie of today is simply an out an out entertainer with the golden touch of reality. It is a story about a teenager Jamal, who has been taught by life answers to just the questions that are hurled at him at the game show. He answers all 14 questions right,” but is been arrested on suspicion of cheating.
In his attempt to explain how he knew all of the answers, Jamal is forced to recall the sometimes painful memories from his childhood. And through a series of flashbacks the secrets of Jamal’s life unfolds, filled with hardships, a tough relationship with his brother Salim and his unwavering love for his childhood friend Latika. Apart from the hardship shown one can also take a note of Slumdog being one of the sweetest love stories with all the thrills possible.
The film is told through a series of flashbacks linking the jailed Jamal in the present with the hardships of his past. While Jamal’s love for Latika remains the center of the story throughout, the film never strays away from giving big helpings of reality and gut-wrentching drama. It is fluffy, somewhat implausible love story in one moment and real world tragedy in the next, keeping its audience engaged at every turn.

The film sees some spellbinding performances. It's not just Dev Patel, who plays the oldest avatar of Jamal, but also the other kids who play the younger versions of Jamal and Salim have done an excellent job. Anil Kapoor is just perfect as the crooked superstar and host of the show. Irrfan Khan radiates excellence too. Freida Pinto and Madhur Mittal – the oldest versions of Latika and Salim respectively, hardly have much screen space. But they are good in the small roles.

Danny Boyle the director has the perfect vision for how to deliver this story unto the screen. He displays an amazing feel for environment as character, Boyle delivers what his fans have come to expect which is throbbing music, jaunty editing, showy cinematography and when necessary, a delicate touch for the intimate moments. Technically, Slumdog Millionaire has got some of the most innovative camera work in recent times. The film's editor too deserves praises. And of course, the music by AR Rahman deserves all the praise that he has garnered.

Overall, it is really hard to find a fault in Slumdog Millionaire. This is definitely Danny Boyle's most competent job till this date. It definitely deserves every Oscar nomination it has bagged and stands to win some too.

Dev Patel nominated for Oscar winners

Movie observers believe it the biggest surprises in years, that 18-year-old Dev Patel has been nominated along with Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight), Josh Brolin, (Milk), Robert Downey Jr (Tropic Thunder) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt) for the Screen Actors Guild awards, in the Best Supporting actor category.

The London critics placed Patel in two categories, Best British Actor of the Year and Young British Performer. He has already been declared Most Promising Performer by the Chicago Film Critics Association.

The announcement, which caught the attention of major newspapers and television channels, came just as Slumdog Millionaire was adding more 331 theatres in North America, taking its total count to 500. The film was at tenth spot on the North American box office chart on Thursday, and is expected to go up a notch or two with the new expansion.

SAG also nominated the film, which has grossed nearly $ 8.8 million in North America and $ 1 million in Italy, for ensemble acting just as the nomination and award count for it kept on piling up. The SAG nominations are crucial because fellow artists choose the best performers, the nominations also boost a film's profile at the Oscar nomination time.

Indeed, not even senior strategists at Fox Searchlight expected their film to show up anywhere today, not because it isn't worthy of all the recognition in the world, but because virtually none of the principal cast has ever been heard of outside of India.

The film will open in United Kingdom and India next month

Slumdog Millionaire chosen for Toronto International Film Festival

It is indeed a gala time for Bollywood films and its actors. First it was Anees Bazmee and his gang who have been invited to woo Toronto in the prestigious forthcoming Toronto International Film Festival (from September 4 - 11) with their blockbuster offering Singh Is Kinng. And now, it's the turn of Bollywood's very own Jhakaas darling boy Anil Kapoor's turn to continue the magic. The news is that Anil Kapoor's eagerly awaited film Slumdog Millionaire that stars him alongwith Irrfan Khan will be premiered at the festival. Anil Kapoor and the entire cast and crew of the film are expected to be attending this gala event.

Readers may also be aware of the fact that Anil Kapoor (who plays a quizmaster in the film) was chosen after the Big B and SRK refused the role of the quizmaster. What remains to be seen is that will Big B's and SRK's loss turn to be AK's gain?