Forget the Oscars, the biggest Indian winners of the Slumdog Millionaire fairytale are two of the film's child actors plucked from the shanty towns of Mumbai, after it emerged they are to be given "free homes" by the state government . . . . .
. . . . Another big winner from the movie appears to be Frieda Pinto, who a year ago was an unknown model in India struggling to break into Bollywood. But after the Oscars, she has been welcomed by Hollywood, securing a part in a new Woody Allen film alongside Anthony Hopkins and Naomi Watts. . . . . . . Industry sources quoted by the Indian press say Pinto will get up to $3m (£2m) for the movie – small change in Hollywood but double the fee paid to Bollywood's most famous female faces. From: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/feb/25/slumdog-millionaire-child-stars-homes _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Messenger. Multitasking at its finest. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/messenger.aspx
