'Slumdog' child star's home torn down

The shanty home of another "Slumdog Millionaire" child star was torn down by Mumbai authorities yesterday as they demolished part of city's slum where she lived.
Munni Qureshi, stepmother of Rubina Ali, who played the film's heroine Latika as a child in the Oscar-winning film, said her husband was beaten by police who were supervising the demolition.
"Slumdog Millionaire" won eight Oscars and brought in more than US$326 million, but it has done little so far to improve the lives of the film's two impoverished child stars, Azharuddin and Rubina.
Last week bulldozers demolished Azhar's home in a similar cleanup drive. He lived in a different part of the same slum.
Rubina and Azhar were discovered on the Mumbai streets by the filmmakers.
"I'm feeling bad," Rubina told The Associated Press. "My house had been demolished. I'm thinking about where to sleep."