Heart light Association’s Cochin Film Festival is beginning on Friday. The festival will be inaugurated by ‘Slum dog Millionaire’ fame kids  Rubeena and Azarudein at Eranakulam Fine Arts Hall. The festival will end on September 20. Fourteen films would be showcased in the festival which include nine International Films. Rubeena’s  father Rafeeque is a Malayali. He hails from Padanna near Kannur, reached Mumbai several years back. It is after many years of gap he is coming to Kerala. Rubeena was very excited to reach her father’s native place. They attended a press meet at Ernakulam on Thursday. Rubeena said she is a great fan of Preeti Zinta and Azar said he admires  Salman Khan.  Both Rubeena and Azar are second standard pupils of Azeema school of west Bandra.
After ‘Slum dog Millionaire’ both of them acted together in ‘Kal Kisnae Dekha’ .  Azarudein had also acted in ‘Dukhaaandaar’.