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    • Agencies Tags : danny boyle, slumdog millionaire, jai ho Posted: Thursday , Nov 05, 2009 at 0903 hrs London:
    Danny boyle
    Boyle is fed up with the requests for more money and has left the country.

    Oscar-winning film maker Danny Boyle has reportedly ended negotiations with the child stars of his blockbuster 'Slumdog Millionaire' after their families demanded more cash from their trust fund.

    Boyle was recently in India for his future projects and to meet with organisers of his 'Jai Ho' Trust, a fund to support child stars Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali, Contactmusic reported.

    The director has been reportedly asked to provide a car for Azharuddin's relatives, while Rubina's family wants a further USD 48,000 in addition to the USD 80,000 they received for an apartment.

    But Boyle is fed up with the requests for more money and has left the country, according to a spokesperson for the charity.

    "He is tired, really tired. The demands are now skyrocketing. Danny is tired, Danny is frustrated at these demands and has left (India) for England. He is very, very upset," a representative for Boyle told Scotland's Daily Record newspaper.

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    Wake up IndiaBy: Abdul Rasheed | 06-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward These children and their families dipicting typical Indian character, GREED. These kids were happy when they were languishing in their slums like millions other under inhumane conditions. Mr Boyle came to India and found this real life Mumbai as a money making subject. This is just contrary to what so called Bollywood (better be called Mollywood if one has to make a genuine copy of Hollywood) shows of Mumbai, glamour and wealthy Indians living in the West. Wake up India, its morning now. You can make fool your fellow countymen but not rest of the world.
    Slumdog child stars By: Sanjjana | 05-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward Where is the National Commission for Child Rights and National Commission for Women? Child Stars=Child Labour, why is the director and other adult stars not punished ot encourage child labour? Or is it that NCPR
    Getting attentionn since minorityBy: Indian | 05-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward Why should danny give so much money to them?After all they played a small part in the movie
    DisgustingBy: Aditya | 05-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward Great. So Danny Boyle comes to India, makes a packet of cash off of the back of what is basically an exploitation film (look up the genre), replete with stereotypes, and BS, and images that the west wants to see of India. And now he is "tired" of the "tiresome" demands of these stupid children and their parents. How much money did Fox Searchlight studios make off this movie? Ok. The budget for the film was 15.1 million USD. The movie grossed 377.4 million USD. That means, a profit of 362.3 MILLION US DOLLARS. And 40,000 dollars is a "tiresome" and "greedy" demand? Shame on you Fox Searchlight. And shame on you, Danny Boyle. Just shows that the British still come to India for only one purpose: loot, pillage, and exploitation.
    India should take responsibilityBy: Raj Thackrey | 05-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward It is the responsibility of the government of india to take care of its citizents living in slums and not Danny boyle. India is like an irresponsible parent, it only produces people and send them abroad to beg money to the west and bring it back to india.
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