Father denies trying to 'sell Slumdog star'

[KiwiCoromandel]

The father of Slumdog Millionaire child actress Rubina Ali has denied he tried to sell his nine-year-old daughter for £200,000 (US$290,000) in an illegal adoption deal.

read more: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/ne...jectid=10567578

source: NZ HERALD ONLINE

image: www.zeenews.com: RUBINA ALI...played the young heroine Letika in the Oscar-winning movie which has propelled her to global fame.

[Shawn]

As long as it is an "illegal adoption" she's being purchased as... maybe it would be a good thing.

[KiwiCoromandel]

Indian police said they have so far found no evidence that the father of a child star in the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire tried to sell the nine-year-old girl to an undercover reporter.

Police opened an investigation following a complaint from Khurshid Begum, the estranged mother of Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali, after News of the World reported the father planned to put her up for adoption. The British newspaper said the deal was allegedly offered to one of its reporters posing as a sheik from the Mideast.

read more: http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/f...0079763382.html

source: AP

image: www.javno.com: RUBINA ALI