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Updated On: 30 October, 2009 07:26 AM IST | | Agencies
Slumdog kids Azhar and Rubina may lose their trust fund if they continue bunking classes
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Slumdog kids Azhar and Rubina may lose their trust fund if they continue bunking classes
The two child stars of Slumdog Millionaire Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail (11), and Rubina Ali (10), are at risk of losing their monthly stipend and their trust fund if they don't attend school more regularly, a trustee for the fund said yesterday.
These days, Azhar isu00a0 showing up at school 37 per cent of the time, and Rubina has only a 27 per cent attendance rate, the trustee said.
"It's pathetic," said Noshir Dadrawala, who helps administer the Jai Ho trust established by the filmmakers to provide an education, living allowance and housing for the young stars. He blamed the children's busy schedule for their chronic truancy.
"They are constantly going to Paris and Cochin and Chennai," he said. "That's fine, but go over the weekend, not at the sacrifice of school."
The children's parents said the absences were due to deaths in the family and other problems and promised to get them to school from now on.
The two child stars of Slumdog Millionaire Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail (11), and Rubina Ali (10), are at risk of losing their monthly stipend and their trust fund if they don't attend school more regularly, a trustee for the fund said yesterday.
These days, Azhar isu00a0 showing up at school 37 per cent of the time, and Rubina has only a 27 per cent attendance rate, the trustee said.
"It's pathetic," said Noshir Dadrawala, who helps administer the Jai Ho trust established by the filmmakers to provide an education, living allowance and housing for the young stars. He blamed the children's busy schedule for their chronic truancy.
"They are constantly going to Paris and Cochin and Chennai," he said. "That's fine, but go over the weekend, not at the sacrifice of school."
The children's parents said the absences were due to deaths in the family and other problems and promised to get them to school from now on.
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