She was the real-life Slumdog, an eight-year-old girl plucked from a Mumbai shanty-town to star in a Hollywood blockbuster that won eight Oscars and grossed more than GBP 250 million worldwide.


So when Rubina Ali learned that the screen stars of Bollywood would be invited to a glittering gala to celebrate the India visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, she naturally assumed she would be invited. Instead, as the great and the good of Mumbai - including her Slumdog Millionaire co-star Anil Kapoor - arrived at the reception, she was at the humble apartment where she now lives with her aunt after a chaotic and distressing family breakup. Read more