Slumdog Orphan Seeks Pied-A-Terre After Home Reduced to Pile of Rubble

Believe it or not, the most hazardous job in Hollywood isn't testicle-detonation coordinator, but rather Slumdog Millionaire orphan. We're all familiar with the unfortunate case of Rubina Ali, who narrowly escaped a harrowing fate being sold to a wealthy Saudi prince on the international-child-star slave-auction circuit, simply so he could trot her out at dinner parties and make her perform memorable sequences from the Oscar-winning film. (She emerged relatively unscathed, having most recently co-starred with Nicole Kidman in an exotically entrancing gingerale ad.)

Now comes news of yet more misfortune, as 10-year-old actor Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, who played the youngest version of Salim, was awoken this morning by the swat of a bamboo stick, and given just seconds to clear the premises before his home was razed by a bulldozer as part of a citywide pre-monsoon precaution.

"We are homeless, we have nowhere to go," he said following the demolition, his mother adding, "Our house has been broken down by officials. We have not been given any alternate accommodation. Earlier the authorities had said they would give us a house. But I don't think that will happen any more."

The first entry on the Jai Ho Trust's -- aka the Slumdog Orphan Protective Services Act -- terms of service states, "1.) The family will be provided with suitable accommodation." We suppose suitable is left up to both parties' interpretation, but the last we checked, a dust-cloud of rubble isn't exactly suitable for habitation.

· Slumdog star's home is demolished [BBC]