Slumdog Child Stars May Lose Their Trust

The child stars from the hit movie, Slumdog Millionaire, seen in the bottom right of the picture above, are in danger of losing the trust fund that the director Danny Boyle set up for them. Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, and Rubina Ali, were found in the slums of India.  Slums are a huge part of a town where everyone is dirt poor and basically made their home out of whatever material available to them at the time.  The reason that these child stars are in danger of losing the trust that was set up is because the actors and their families are not adhering to the terms of the trust.  Azharuddin is only attending school 37% of the time and Rubina is attending only 27% of the time.  The trust says that the two actors must attend school at least 70% of the time.   The families claim that family tragedies is what caused the missing of school, however evidence shows that the families are going on vacations to Pairs, and various other locations.  The trust administrator told the family it is fine that they take vacations but the families need to do it on weekends and not allow the children to miss school.  Azharuddin did however lose his father, and Rubina lost her home, and was cut by a shard of glass, but the families did take a vow to keep the kids in school.  This will allow the families to keep their $120 monthly stipend.  

http://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2009/10/slumdog-millionaire-child-actors-could-lose-trust-funds.html