After glamour and glory, Slumdog kids back to books

While Ashutosh Lobo-Gajiwala will appear for Std X board exams on Monday, slumdweller Md Azharuddin also gets back to school

While Ashutosh Lobo-Gajiwala will appear for Std X board exams on Monday, slumdweller Md Azharuddin also gets back to school

The past few days were like a dream, but now it's back to real life for Ashutosh Lobo-Gajiwala. And that reality

Rousing welcome: The Slumdog kids, including Ashutosh (seen with his parents), arrived at the international terminal at 12.15 pm yesterday. Thousands of people, including their relatives and friends went berserk when they arrived, shouting Jai Ho on seeing them. pic/narendra dangiya

for the 15-year-old, who played the teen Salim in Slumdog Millionaire, is studying for his Std X Board exams, which begin on Monday.

A tired Ashutosh, a student of Campion School, Colaba, reached home yesterday along with the film's other kids. "I want to be an automobile engineer and will ensure that I score more than 90 per cent," he said, after deciding to study at least 16 hours every day.

His mother and school teachers will help him with the revision of chapters that he may have missed, while he was busy in the US. Ashutosh's father Dr Kalpesh Gajiwala said, "All this attention has been a huge distraction."u00a0

Similarly Mohammad Azharuddin, who has played the youngest Salim, too wants to study. "I want to study, so I can be successful," he said.

In fact, Danny Boyle, has establishing a trust fund for him and Rubina Ali.