By Korin Miller
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Sunday, April 19th 2009, 1:39 PM
"Slumdog Millionaire" star Rubina Ali is being offered for sale by her father. Sayles/AP

"Slumdog Millionaire" star Rubina Ali is being offered for sale by her father.
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Adorable "Slumdog Millionaire" star Rubina Ali is back in the news - but not for her acting skills.

The 9-year-old's father, who lives in a Mumbai slum along with his star daughter, offered to sell Ali for nearly $300,000 to undercover reporters from Britain's News of the World, the paper says.

He is reportedly fielding several lucrative adoption offers for the starlet.

"I have to consider what's best for me, my family and Rubina's future," cash-strapped dad Rafiq Qureshi told the journalists, who posed as a wealthy Middle Eastern family.

Qureshi allegedly upped his asking adoption price for his apple-cheeked little girl during the negotiations because of Ali's star status.

"The child is special now," Qureshi's brother said, per the paper. "This is an Oscar child!"

Ali rose to fame earlier this year as the young Latika in "Slumdog." Break-out star Freida Pinto played the grown-up version of Latika.

Despite the stardom, Ali's father reportedly said the family "got nothing out of this film," although director Danny Boyle has set up apartments for Ali and fellow "Slumdog" child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and their families, which will be available soon.

Boyle has also set up a trust fund for Ali for her education.

hmmm

Is this stroy confirmed?

If so its just sad.

Yeah, there were some weird things going on with the child stars of this movie. Apparently they weren't paid or something. They claim to not have received any money from this film, so I would be inclined to believe this story. It's pretty damn sad. This movie was an international hit and won several oscars, yet they can't pay EVERYONE who contributed to the film?


Smooches;)

Selling ones own child for money is absolutely disgusting

peacenlovealways said:

http://www.newsoftheworld...?start=100

those apartments are being built... and they are in Kerala... a different state...

I don't get why nobody is paying for a place for them in Mumbai... so freaking ridiculous...

Horrible.

She would make a great lil cocktail hostess for parties on my veranda during the summer.

Also, wasnt there a recent news item that said that Danny Boyle and other makers of the film have donated $747,000 2 the kids in Mumbia and they were building a school and providing other services such as medical needs as a way of saying Thank You???? But, the thing is, there has been some criticism that $747,000 is chump change when u take into account at how much the movie grossed at the box office!!!! Yet, $747,000 is probably quite a lot of money, even a few million rupees or whatever, when u take into account the exchange rate between the dollar and the rupee!!!!

luv4u said:

I completely agree, I have six children and I'd never dream of selling them but they are all free 2 a good home if ya want em.

Just kidding.

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