Great news. I guess SDM will achieve a cult status like RDB. Or has it already?
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Vinod Raju <vi...@arr4music.com> wrote: > > > `Slumdog Millionaire' to be made into Broadway musical > > Spicezee Bureau > > Mumbai, Feb 25: If the makers of `Slumdog Millionaire' have it their > way then very soon every child born in the slums will have a rag to > riches story to boast about. After an acclaimed book, an Oscar > sweeping film, `Slumdog Millionaire' filmmakers are now gearing up > to take over Broadway as they plan a stage musical of the 8 Oscar > winning film. > > The project has been taken up with the wise intentions of securing a > sound future for the children featured in the film. The receipts > raised from the musical will be transferred to the funds set up for > the betterment of Mumbai's slum kids. > > Producer Christian Colson, who is determined to bring about a > change, had earlier set up a fund that has already generated close > to a whooping Rs 3.6 crore for the children. And if plans for cover > versions of Rahman's songs are realised, the money raised could > multiply manifold; Christian was quoted as telling the The Times, > London. > > The funds would then be pumped back into Mumbai where the movie was > filmed. > > The dream team of the film is also looking at various alternatives > to safeguard the future of two children from the slums — Azharuddin > Mohammed, 10, and nine-year-old Rubina Qureshi. > > Well with an awe-inspiring movie and an acclaimed book, we are > surely looking forward to the musical `Slumdog Millionaire'. > > http://www.spicezee.com/articles/story24025.htm > > >
