Slumdog Millionaire' child star gets new home

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Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, one of the child stars of 'Slumdog Millionaire,' has a new apartment with his mother after being forced by slum clearance to move from their shanty in suburban Mumbai, India.

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, one of the child stars of the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire," poses outside his new house in a residential complex in suburban Mumbai, India. The makers of the hit movie bought the new home for Azhar after authorities demolished parts of the slum area where he and his family had lived.

"Slumdog Millionaire" child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 10, places a showpiece on a wall of his new home. He played the youngest version of Salim, brother of main character Jamal, the character who goes from the slums to a a spot on India's version of 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'

Mohammed Azharuddin Ismail celebrates his newly allocated 250-square-foot apartment by 'Jai Ho' trust in Santacruz in the western Mumbai suburbs.

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, center, rests on a bed at his new home. Ismail and his mother moved into their new home on Saturday July 4, 2009.

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, center, plays with a mobile phone at his new home. Ismail and his mother had lived in a corrugated metal shanty.

"Slumdog Millionaire" child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, front right, rests on a bed at his new home with friends and family.

The mother of Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail combs his hair at their new home. They lost their home in May when authorities cleared part of a suburban Mumbai slum where they lived.

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, left, looks on outside his new home. British Director Danny Boyle decided to use inexperienced child actors who actually lived in Indian slums to portray the childhood of the principal characters in the film.

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 10, child actor of the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire," looks at his caged birds at his new home.

Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail plays with a mobile phone on a window ledge of his new home in a residential complex in Mumbai, India.

The young stars at the Academy Awards in February. From left front are Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail (who played Salim), Rubina Ali (Latika), and Ayush Mahesh Khedekar (Jamal). Playing those respective characters as early teens are, from left rear, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar and Tanay Hemant Chheda.

The actors who played the characters as grownups, left to right, Dev Patel (Jamal), Madhur Mittal (Salim) and Freida Pinto (Latika). To their right, Irrfan Khan, who played the police inspector, and Anil Kapoor, who played the 'Millionaire' host.

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Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, one of the child stars of the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire," poses outside his new house in a residential complex in suburban Mumbai, India. The makers of the hit movie bought the new home for Azhar after authorities demolished parts of the slum area where he and his family had lived.

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