Two child stars of the movie blockbuster hit, 'Slumdog Millionaire,' who were placked from the shantytwon in Mumbai, India to achieve global strdom, risk losing the trust funds and monthly stipends provided by the film's producers if they do not stop playing 'hookie' from school in order to pursue work projects.

According to the Times of London, "a trustee for the Jai Ho Trust, which was set up by the British director Danny Boyle and producer Christian Colson to provide for the children, said that Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, 11, had attended school only 37 percent of the time and Rubina Ali, 9, had only a 27 percent attendance rate."

The Jai Ho Trust had been founded to provide a living allowance and housing for the children, who were raised in the slums of Mumbai. This year, their family shacks were demolished. They had to follow only one condition that they must attend a non-governmental run school specializing in aiding students who are behind in their studies. The trustee, Noshir Dadrawala, blamed the children's work schedules for their truancy. He said, "they are constantly going to Paris and Cocchin and Chennai. That's fine, but go over the weekend, not at the sacrifice of school."

As reported by the Times, "the children have appeared in several advertisements in India sine the success of Slumdog Millionaire - including one in which Rubina starred alongside Nicole Kidman. According to reports, about a Welsh nobleman who falls in love with an Indian woman."

Mr. Dadrawala claimed the trust had ruled that the children would lose their monthly stipend of about $100 each if their school attendance dropped below 70 percent. They will forfeit a lump-sum payment if they fail to attend school until the age of 18. The film producers have refused to reveal the amount of the payment, but insist that it was significant.

Shameen Ismail, Azharuddin's mother, claimed that her son had been playing 'hookie' over the past few months, since he had been inconsolable due to his father's death from tuberculosis in September.

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