Rubina Ali Appears in Commercial with Nicole Kidman

May 07 2009 16:10 PST

Where can you see Rubina Ali from 'Slumdog Millionaire', Arjun Rampal, and Nicole Kidman in one place? A French commercial for Schweppes of course! It's not unusual to see some of the hottest actors in both Hollywood and Bollywood doing commercials for different brands all over the world. But this one was a little strange for us and we're sure that Nicole Kidman didn't want it to come out. More than likely the makers of 'Slumdog Millionaire' didn't want the news coming out either.

The commercial consists of Nicole Kidman dancing around, dressed like an Indian princess. Rubina Ali's character is seen smiling at the actress and then touching her face. Pretty weird, but it gets stranger. Nicole Kidman then makes her way to Arjun Rampal-unzipping her dress on the way. She saunters past him, closes the doors to her room, and takes a drink of Schweppes saying 'What did you expect?'.

Surprisingly this minute long commercial was directed by filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and produced by Ridley Scott. Another shock is that Rubina Ali was paid more money for the ad than she was for doing 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Her father Rafiq Ali told sources that "We are very proud of her and hope she continues to become a big star. Maybe then we will be able to live in a proper house", he also added that "The money she's receiving for doing this ad is more than the total she got for 'Slumdog'".

We wonder how the folks responsible for 'Slumdog Millionaire' feel about this little tidbit of information being leaked. We told you in the past that the child stars didn't get as much as most people would have assumed they would've been compensated. Now we want to know what you think about Rabina Ali getting paid more for a commercial than for an entire film. Leave us your thoughts on this?

 

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May 19, 2009 18:50 PST

I don't understand I thought that - Danny boyle picked her out of the slums - I didn't realise she had an acting career before slumdog - which means that she was with an agent or something - amazes me that her dad thought to put her in acting given they are from the slums - good for him!!! The advert is beautifully shot - why wouldn't they want that out there?? if she got paid more for this that makes sense - slumdog was an independant movie - they had no idea it would be this big - advertising is a different game - they should have paid her well.

May 09, 2009 01:04 PST

I expected this to be an advert for "Fair and Lovely" skin lightening cream. Of course!!!

May 08, 2009 18:32 PST

arjun luked so hawt.

May 07, 2009 21:18 PST

she's doin' a great job attempting to get a carrer in the hollywood/bollywood biz

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