Rubina Ali, who played the role of young Latika in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, is once again making headlines as she and her family face yet another major obstacle.

You might remember rumors swirling last year, after Slumdog became a giant success, about the children’s families complaining that they did not receive enough compensation and were still forced to live in extreme poverty. The news that Rubina’s father had put her up for sale (can you imagine!!!???) made international headlines and director, Danny Boyle stepped in and saved the day!

Rubina Ali

Well now, the child superstar lost all the international awards along with other possessions she had won in the Garib Nagar blaze that took place on Friday night.

“I lost the six trophies I had won in the fire. Thankfully, my passport was spared.” She won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Slumdog Millionaire and was also honored at the Academy Awards.

“We couldn’t save much. All her clothes, including the dress she wore at the Oscars, and jewelery are gone,” her father, Rafiq Qureshi added.

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Both Rubina and her co-star Azharuddin were promised homes and education by Danny Boyle. While Azhar moved into his new house in Santa Cruz, Rubina and her family were still living at Garib Nagar. Qureshi had sought a home in Bandra as he has set up his business there. Niraja Mattoo of Plan India, the NGO which is funding the children’s education and homes, said, “Rubina has got a house in Bandra (West) and will be moving there by next month.”

Boyle and Jai Ho Trust have been working with the slum children of Garib Nagar for over two years now. Mattoo, who is also the trustee of Jai Ho, said, “We informed Danny Boyle about the incident. He was concerned about the children of the area.”

After working with Rubina and Azharuddin in Slumdog, Danny vowed to help other children of Garib Nagar. “He felt it was also his moral responsibility to take care of other kids of the area. Our trust has tied up with Plan India an NGO which is doing the ground work for the kids of the area.”

Rubina and Azhar are not the only kids from Garib Nagar who work in films and television. Parvez Shaikh, coordinator for child artistes, had been living here for 20 years. “I got work for 25 to 30 kids in films and television serials. I managed to saved my family, but our belongings were burnt in the fire. Mera sab kuchh khatam ho gaya (It’s all over for me).”

He screamed and added, ” Priya Dutt and Baba Siddiqui come here and tell us that we are encroachers of railway land. It is really shameful that the same lady’s father Sunil Dutt had slept in front of the bulldozer and stopped Garib Nagar from being demolished.”

Teenagers Salman, Jafar, Almas and Fayyaz, who played main roles in Irfan Kamal’s film Thanks Maa too lost most of their possessions in the fire. The director said, “I am in touch with their families and will work out something for them.”

A team of volunteers from Plan India have built tents which can accommodate about 1000 children. Dev Dutt of Plan India said,, ” We are working on the relief by providing food and temporary shelter for the children of the area. There are 100 children who were supposed to appear for their board exams but all their hall tickets were burnt in the fire.Although not all of them agreed to appear for the exams after their homes got gutted in the fire, six of them are appearing for the exams after we requested the principals of their school.”