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Another "Slumdog" Star's Home Torn Down

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Associated Press: The shanty home of another "Slumdog Millionaire" child star was torn down by Mumbai authorities Wednesday as they demolished part of city's slum where she lived.

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Munni Qureshi, the stepmother of 9-year-old Rubina Ali who played the film's heroine Latika in the Oscar-winning film, said her husband was beaten by police who were supervising the demolition. She said he was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

"Slumdog Millionaire" won eight Oscars and brought in more than US$326 million, but it has done little so far to improve the lives of the film's two impoverished child stars, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and Rubina.

Last week bulldozers demolished Azhar's home in a similar cleanup drive. He lived in a different part of the same slum.

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