Anil Kapoor keen to investigate Slumdog kid scandal

Anil Kapoor is keen to get back to India so he can
investigate reports his young “Slumdog Millionaire” co-star Rubina Ali’s father
tried to sell her.The Bollywood actor is in Hollywood, where he’s being honoured
at the seventh annual Indian Film Festival, and he admits he has lost contact
with the kids in the hit film. But he’s determined to return to the real-life
slums in Mumbai and track down the young stars - to make sure they’re all OK
after their brush with overnight success. In the meantime, he’s distressed
whenever he hears the youngsters have been caught up in negative press stories -
and can’t believe the British tabloid reports Ali’s father tried to sell her to
a bogus Middle Eastern couple.

Indian police have failed to find any evidence to prove Rafiq Qureshi
attempted to sell his young daughter for £200,000.Kapoor admits he always feared
the child stars of “Slumdog Millionaire” would be exploited upon their return to
India after a trip to the Oscars in February.He says, “That’s the worry we
always had. We all discussed that… When they’re exposed to this kind of
limelight this is what is going to be the disadvantages (sic).”