"Slumdog" Celebrities.

This article discusses how a photograph of child actors who appeared in the motion picture "Slumdog Millionaire" attending the 2009 Academy Awards ceremony illustrates aspects of fame and celebrity culture. She suggests the film highlighted social disjunctures and comments on the casting of the children, including Rubina Ali, Ayush Khedekar and Mohammed Azharuddin, from slums in India to increase the film's realism. She notes how the film contrasts the poverty of India with globalization and the aspirations of Indian citizens.