Slumdog girl to write her autobiography

Rubina Ali

There has been a lot of drama in Slumdog Millionaire’s star Rubina
Ali’s life. Residing in a Mumbai slum, the girl became an international
figure after doing the film and traveled all around the world to
promote the flick. Once back home, a tragedy struck when her house was
demolished by the Indian authorities and she was homeless.

She has
since been offered two new homes by the Indian government and a trust
set up by Slumdog's filmmakers for her and young co-star Azharuddin
Mohammed Ismail. Now Rubina has decided to write a novel on her life,
Slumdog Dreaming: My Journey to the Stars which will be released in the
U.K. and U.S. on 16 July (09).

A statement from publishers TransWorld promises, "(Ali) tells her own
incredible story, from playing marbles with her friends beside the
sewers of Garib Nagar in Mumbai, to dancing along to the Bollywood
films she and her family watch on their old television set."   - Sampurn Media