Director of Oscar winning movie 'Slumdog

Director of Oscar winning movie 'Slumdog Millionaire', Danny Boyle (R), producer Christian Colson (L), child stars of the film, Mohammad Azharuddin (2R) and Rubina Ali listen during a press conference in Mumbai on May 27, 2009. Boyle announced that the two stars Azharuddin and Rubina Ali are to get new permanent homes in the city after both of their illegal shanties were recently razed by the civic authorities as a routine illegal encroachment clean-up drive. More than half of Mumbai's estimated 18 million residents live in either designated slums or illegal shanties but Mumbai city's municipal authorities readily admit that they can do little to stop the makeshift homes being rebuilt because of the city's acute housing shortage. AFP PHOTO/Sajjad HUSSAIN (Photo credit should read SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)