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For their work on the movie, according to London's "Daily Telegraph", Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail (youngest Salim) was paid £1,700 and Rubina Ali (youngest Latika) £500. The children received considerably less than the Afghan child stars of "The Kite Runner", who had been paid £9,000, even though "The Kite Runner" was far less of a box office hit. At the end of filming for the movie, both of the child actors continued to live in makeshift shacks in the illegal slums of Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai, according to "The Daily Telegraph" and ABC News.