Slumdog Millionaire Kids Could Lose Trust Fund

[erpowers]

MSN is reporting that two of the young stars of the movie Slumdog Millionaire could lose their trust fund if the kids do not start attending school more often. I think this is very sad partly because I think the filmmakers could do more for these kids. It is being reported that the two kids have a trust fund of an undisclosed amount and are given a monthly stipend of $120 a month. Even though the cost of living in India is very cheap I believe the filmmakers could give each of these kids a bigger monthly stipend. In addition, the filmakers could have given these kids better homes from the start. The filmmakers recently bought the kid who played salim (Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail) a one bedroom apartment for $50,000; however, the kid who played latika (Rubina Ali) still lives in the slum. Her father reportedly claims there is not enough money to buy a better house for his daugther and he is asking the government to help with the cost of buying a new house. The filmmakers could just buy this kid a decent home.

http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=439137>1=28101

[Arugula Latte]

1. So sad.

I do think they could have done much better for those kids.

[stray cat]

2. its possible they also need to buy them new parents?

[XemaSab]

3. To play devil's advocate

Throwing buckets of money at these kids might make their problems worse.

Witness all the folks who won the lottery and were broke and miserable a year later.

[mopinko]

4. unless someone is doing more than writing checks, you are right.

$120/mo really is a lot of money for a kid. and $50k will buy a lot of condo.
what you saw in that movie looks awful, and it is. but most of those people would count themselves lucky. the slum is where everything is. there are no grocery stores. no walmarts. the slum is the market for everything. everything. to leave it requires an entire network of stuff.

like you say. throwing money at a couple of kids does not change their lives. because it does not change india.