An Indian schoolgirl who escaped destitution to become a poster-child at Wimbledon after starring in an Oscar-winning documentary is back in poverty and lives in a house with no door. Pinki Sonkar, ...

An Academy Award can work wonders. That’s the word from the team at Smile Train, the world’s pre-eminent free cleft surgery organization spotlighted in the Oscar-nominated documentary short “Smile ...

At the Academy Awards after-parties, the kids from “Slumdog Millionaire” made the rounds, chatting and accepting congratulations. They shared the joy of winning with Pinki Devi, 8, the star of ...

An Indian school girl who shot to fame in an Oscar-winning documentary has revealed her anger and heartbreak that it did not help her escape a life of crushing poverty. Pinki Sonkar captured the ...

An Indian schoolgirl who shot to fame after starring in an Oscar-winning documentary has told how her 'Cinderella fairytale' was over 'in no time' and she was plunged back into a life 'full of pain, ...

Sometimes winning an Oscar means more than bigger bucks for your next flick. Once in a while, it can even make the world a better place. That’s the case with Megan Mylan, who won the Academy Award in ...

RAMPUR DHABAHI, India (Reuters Life!) - She's not as famous as the child actors of "Slumdog Millionaire," but Pinki Sonkar is a legend in the Indian village that once ostracized her, thanks to ...

Pinki is a five-year-old girl from a village in the Mirzapur District, India, born into a desperately poor family, and with a cleft lip. Pinki never realized that this condition required just one ...

For 39-year-old Megan Mylan, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker of Smile Pinki, the moment of epiphany arrived when working as a tabloid journalist in New York City, where she currently lives. "I had ...

Didn’t get around to seeing all last year’s Oscar winners? Never mind, one of them may come to you, free, on DVD. In an unusual marketing move, the producers of Smile Pinki, which won the Oscar in ...

For Oscar-winning director Megan Mylan, a subject should speak to her head and heart. “This is something my grandmother had taught me,” she says, “Before I take on any project, I talk to my head and ...

“Smile Pinki” tells the story of children in India born with cleft palates who receive free plastic surgery. Accepting the award, filmmaker Mylan said, “Oh, to be in a room with all this talent -- ...