-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- while all eyes seem to be on `` slumdog millionaire '' for the oscars , one very courageous little girl will be focused on another india-based film at the ceremony . pinki , like millions in developing countries , had to live with her deformity and suffer the social consequences . it 's called `` smile pinki , '' and it 's up for an oscar , too -- nominated for best short documentary , which it won on sunday . the little girl watching it from inside the oscar ceremony has traveled all the way to los angeles , california , from her small indian village with her dad -- and it has been an incredible journey for pinki sonkar . `` smile pinki '' tells the story of her transformation from a sad outcast to a vibrant 8-year-old with plenty of spunk . pinki was born with a cleft lip , and her impoverished family did not have the money for corrective surgery . alan rogers , who admitted manslaughter after smashing the skull of neighbour fred hatch after wrongly believing he was involved in witchcraft . a crazed pensioner killed his navy veteran neighbour with a claw hammer as he wrongly believed he was involved in witchcraft , a court heard today . alan rogers , 73 , smashed the skull of 76-year-old grandfather fred hatch in the communal garden of their sheltered housing complex near cardiff . mr hatch 's worried wife enid then went looking for her husband after he failed to return into the house from the garden . she then discovered rogers standing over the bloodied body of her husband before fleeing to press a panic alarm . today at cardiff crown court , rogers pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is due to be sentenced later today . the court heard how after attacking his neighbour , rogers then calmly called the police and told them : ' i have just killed one of my neighbours and i have hit his head with a hammer . ' police and paramedics raced to the sheltered housing complex in dinas powys but they were unable to save mr hatch , who died in hospital . like millions of other children born with the lip deformity in developing countries , pinki simply had to live with it and suffer the social consequences . as rogers was handcuffed by police officers , he told them : ' i have been waiting a long time to kill that man . ' police then interviewing rogers suspected he may have been suffering mental health problems when he started making strange statements about why he killed his neighbour . prosecutor mike jones said rogers told police he had killed fred because he was involved in modern ` witchcraft ' . her father rajendra sonkar says : `` she used to go to school and the kids would not befriend her . she would say , ' i do n't want to go to school . ' '' watch how pinki was transformed by the operation '' `` pinki was a depressed , sad , lonely , shy , young little girl , growing up on the periphery of the society in a little village , '' said satish kalra , director of smile train 's south asian region , after meeting with pinki . mr jones explained : ` he told police he had a moral duty to himself to kill this person as these people were using modern technology the equivalent of witchcraft to harm defenceless sentient beings . ` he said fred had been in collusion with what he described as `` the man and his colleagues '' . ' the court was told the morning of october 8 last year began with mr hatch walking to the communal garden to spread grass seeds . rogers told police he had ` been waiting for an opportunity to get this person ' and when he saw mr hatch walking back from the garden he ` opened his door and attacked . ' rogers then hit him at least six times with the claw end of a hammer - spraying blood up the walls and across the floor . the little girl 's own family was ashamed of her , kalra says . but all of that has changed . pinki is now a real pistol , full of energy and confidence , and she has a fantastic smile too -- thanks to the smile train charity . smile train teaches doctors in their own countries to operate on cleft lips , a deformity afflicting up to four million children across the world . ireport : share your oscar predictions . mr hatch , pictured with his wife enid , who discovered rogers standing over the blood stained body of her husband in their communal garden . the court was told the victim had such catastrophic injuries to his forehead his skull , his brain was visible . rogers was later diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia but had no previous criminal record or episodes of violence before the killing . mrs hatch said they had never had any previous problems with rogers , and described him as ` articulate but unkempt ' . she said her husband of 50 years was ` the love of my life ' and someone who was ` very easygoing and never had any problems with people . ' a police officer stands outside the sheltered housing complex in cardiff , where both rogers and mr and mrs hatch lived . pinki just happened to be one of the chosen candidates for surgery and was also chosen to be the subject of the documentary . the film chronicles her transformation , following her from her village to the hospital and home again . `` she has absolutely and totally changed , '' said pinki 's surgeon , dr. subodh kumar . the film 's director is megan mylan . she has won several awards but not an oscar -- until now . for pinki and her dad , being able to see the film 's director win an oscar would be a thrill . rogers attacked mr hatch outside in the gardens of the sheltered housing complex after going out to spread grass seeds . the court heard the couple met serving in the royal navy and ` fell in love quite instantly ' and married within six months of meeting . they had four children together and spent their retirement travelling the world . they were planning their next trip to america when he was brutally killed . vincent coughlin , defending , said the killing was ` an appalling unprovoked attack ' and rogers was ` conscious of the pain he has caused . ' mr hatch 's death came four decades after mrs hatch 's sister betty elston was found murdered on the beach at sully in the vale of glamorgan in july 1971 . but they know they already have the greatest prize : pinki 's new smile . `` i am so happy that my daughter 's lips have been repaired , '' her dad rajendra said with a smile , expressing hope that the movie will inspire people to help children whose families ca n't afford the surgery .
alan rogers smashed the head of fred hatch in their communal garden . mr hatch 's wife enid found rogers standing over her husband 's body . rogers claimed he wanted mr hatch dead as he was involved in witchcraft . he told officers arresting him ' i have been waiting a long time to kill that man '
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- while all eyes seem to be on `` slumdog millionaire '' for the oscars , one very courageous little girl will be focused on another india-based film at the ceremony . pinki , like millions in developing countries , had to live with her deformity and suffer the social consequences . it 's called `` smile pinki , '' and it 's up for an oscar , too -- nominated for best short documentary , which it won on sunday . the little girl watching it from inside the oscar ceremony has traveled all the way to los angeles , california , from her small indian village with her dad -- and it has been an incredible journey for pinki sonkar . `` smile pinki '' tells the story of her transformation from a sad outcast to a vibrant 8-year-old with plenty of spunk . pinki was born with a cleft lip , and her impoverished family did not have the money for corrective surgery . alan rogers , who admitted manslaughter after smashing the skull of neighbour fred hatch after wrongly believing he was involved in witchcraft . a crazed pensioner killed his navy veteran neighbour with a claw hammer as he wrongly believed he was involved in witchcraft , a court heard today . alan rogers , 73 , smashed the skull of 76-year-old grandfather fred hatch in the communal garden of their sheltered housing complex near cardiff . mr hatch 's worried wife enid then went looking for her husband after he failed to return into the house from the garden . she then discovered rogers standing over the bloodied body of her husband before fleeing to press a panic alarm . today at cardiff crown court , rogers pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is due to be sentenced later today . the court heard how after attacking his neighbour , rogers then calmly called the police and told them : ' i have just killed one of my neighbours and i have hit his head with a hammer . ' police and paramedics raced to the sheltered housing complex in dinas powys but they were unable to save mr hatch , who died in hospital . like millions of other children born with the lip deformity in developing countries , pinki simply had to live with it and suffer the social consequences . as rogers was handcuffed by police officers , he told them : ' i have been waiting a long time to kill that man . ' police then interviewing rogers suspected he may have been suffering mental health problems when he started making strange statements about why he killed his neighbour . prosecutor mike jones said rogers told police he had killed fred because he was involved in modern ` witchcraft ' . her father rajendra sonkar says : `` she used to go to school and the kids would not befriend her . she would say , ' i do n't want to go to school . ' '' watch own countries to operate on cleft lips , a deformity afflicting up to four million children across the world . ireport : share your oscar predictions . mr hatch , pictured with his wife enid , who discovered rogers standing over the blood stained body of her husband in their communal garden . the court was told the victim had such catastrophic injuries to his forehead his skull , his brain was visible . rogers was later diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia but had no previous criminal record or episodes of violence before the killing . mrs hatch said they had never had any previous problems with rogers , and described him as ` articulate but unkempt ' . she said her husband of 50 years was ` the love of my life ' and someone who was ` very easygoing and never had any problems with people . ' a police officer stands outside the sheltered housing complex in cardiff , where both rogers and mr and mrs hatch lived . pinki just happened to be one of the chosen candidates for surgery and was also chosen to be the subject of the documentary . the film chronicles her transformation , following her from her village to the hospital and home again . `` she has absolutely and totally changed , '' said pinki 's surgeon , dr. subodh kumar . the film 's director is megan mylan . she has won several awards but not an oscar -- until now . for pinki and her dad , being able to see the film 's director win an oscar would be a thrill . rogers attacked mr hatch outside in the gardens of the sheltered housing complex after going out to spread grass seeds . the court heard the couple met serving in the royal navy and ` fell in love quite instantly ' and married within six months of meeting . they had four children together and spent their retirement travelling the world . they were planning their next trip to america when he was brutally killed . vincent coughlin , defending , said the killing was ` an appalling unprovoked attack ' and rogers was ` conscious of the pain he has caused . ' mr hatch 's death came four decades after mrs hatch 's sister betty elston was found murdered on the beach at sully in the vale of glamorgan in july 1971 . but they know they already have the greatest prize : pinki 's new smile . `` i am so happy that my daughter 's lips have been repaired , '' her dad rajendra said with a smile , expressing hope that the movie will inspire people to help children whose families ca n't afford the surgery .
pinki '' tells the story of her transformation from a sad outcast to a vibrant 8-year-old with plenty of spunk . pinki was born with a cleft lip , and her impoverished family did not have the money for corrective surgery . alan rogers , who admitted manslaughter after smashing the skull of neighbour fred hatch after wrongly believing he was involved in witchcraft . a crazed pensioner killed his navy veteran neighbour with a claw hammer as he wrongly believed he was involved in witchcraft , a court heard today . alan rogers , 73 , smashed the skull of 76-year-old grandfather fred hatch in the communal garden of their sheltered housing complex near cardiff . mr hatch 's worried wife enid then went looking for her husband after he failed to return into the house from the garden . she then discovered rogers standing over the bloodied body of her husband before fleeing to press a panic alarm . today at cardiff crown court , rogers pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is due to be sentenced later today . the court heard how after attacking his neighbour , rogers then calmly called the police and told them : ' i have just killed one of my neighbours and i have hit his head with a hammer . ' police and paramedics raced to the sheltered housing complex in dinas powys but they were unable to save mr hatch , who died in hospital . like millions of other children born with the lip deformity in developing countries , pinki simply had to live with it and suffer the social consequences . as rogers was handcuffed by police officers , he told them : ' i have been waiting a long time to kill that man . ' police then interviewing rogers suspected he may have been suffering mental health problems when he started making strange statements about why he killed his neighbour . prosecutor mike jones said rogers told police he had killed fred because he was involved in modern ` witchcraft ' . her father rajendra sonkar says : `` she used to go to school and the kids would not befriend her . she would say , ' i do n't want to go to school . ' '' watch how pinki was transformed by the operation '' `` pinki was a depressed , sad , lonely , shy , young little girl , growing up on the periphery of the society in a little village , '' said satish kalra , director of smile train 's south asian region , after meeting with pinki . mr jones explained : ` he told police he had a moral duty to himself to kill this person as these people were using modern technology the equivalent of witchcraft to harm defenceless sentient beings . ` he said fred had been in collusion with what he described as `` the man and his colleagues '' . ' the court was told the morning of october 8 last year began with mr hatch walking to the communal garden to spread grass seeds . rogers told police he had ` been waiting for an opportunity to get this person ' and when he saw mr hatch walking back from the garden he ` opened his door and attacked . ' rogers then hit him at least six times with the claw end of a hammer - spraying blood up the walls and across the floor . the little girl 's own family was ashamed of her , kalra says . but all of that has changed . pinki is now a real pistol , full of energy and confidence , and she has a fantastic smile too -- thanks to the smile train charity . smile train teaches doctors in their own countries to operate on cleft lips , a deformity afflicting up to four million children across the world . ireport : share your oscar predictions . mr hatch , pictured with his wife enid , who discovered rogers standing over the blood stained body of her husband in their communal garden . the court was told the victim had such catastrophic injuries to his forehead his skull , his brain was visible . rogers was later diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia but had no previous criminal record or episodes of violence before the killing . mrs hatch said they had never had any previous problems with rogers , and described him as ` articulate but unkempt ' . she said her husband of 50 years was ` the dad , being able to see the film 's director win an oscar would be a thrill . rogers attacked mr hatch outside in the gardens of the sheltered housing complex after going out to spread grass seeds . the court heard the couple met serving in the royal navy and ` fell in love quite instantly ' and married within six months of meeting . they had four children together and spent their retirement travelling the world . they were planning their next trip to america when he was brutally killed . vincent coughlin , defending , said the killing was ` an appalling unprovoked attack ' and rogers was ` conscious of the pain he has caused . ' mr hatch 's death came four decades after mrs hatch 's sister betty elston was found murdered on the beach at sully in the vale of glamorgan in july 1971 . but they know they already have the greatest prize : pinki 's new smile . `` i am so happy that my daughter 's lips have been repaired , '' her dad rajendra said with a smile , expressing hope that the movie will inspire people to help children whose families ca n't afford the surgery .
-lrb- cnn -- while all eyes seem `` slumdog millionaire for the oscars, one very courageous little girl will focused another india-based film at the ceremony. pinki, like millions in had live her deformity suffer the social consequences. it 's called `` smile pinki, '' up an oscar, too -- nominated best short documentary which it on sunday the little girl watching it inside the oscar ceremony has traveled all los angeles, from her small indian village with -- it has pinki sonkar `` smile pinki '' tells her transformation a sad outcast vibrant 8 with plenty spunk. pinki was with, her impoverished family did corrective surgery alan rogers, who admitted manslaughter smashing the skull neighbour fred hatch after wrongly believing involved witchcraft. a crazed pensioner killed his navy veteran neighbour as wrongly believed involved witchcraft, alan rogers, 73 smashed the skull 76-year-old grandfather fred hatch in the communal garden their sheltered housing complex near cardiff. mr hatch 's worried wife enid then went looking after failed into from the garden. she then discovered rogers standing before fleeing press a panic alarm. today at cardiff crown court, rogers pleaded manslaughter is later the court heard after attacking his neighbour, rogers then calmly called : i just one hit ' police and paramedics raced the sheltered housing complex dinas powys but they mr hatch, who. like millions born the lip deformity in developing countries, pinki simply had live suffer the social consequences as rogers was handcuffed, told : i waiting kill that man. ' police then interviewing rogers suspected he may suffering when started making strange statements why. prosecutor mike jones said rogers told killed fred because involved modern ` witchcraft. her father rajendra sonkar says : `` she used the kids not befriend. she would say, i do n't. ' '' watch how pinki was transformed the operation '' `` pinki a depressed, sad, lonely, shy, young little girl growing on the periphery a little village '' said satish kalra director smile train 's south asian region after meeting. mr jones explained : ` he told police a moral duty himself this person as these people using modern technology the equivalent witchcraft harm defenceless sentient beings. ` he fred had in collusion what the man and his colleagues ''. ' the court was told the morning october 8 last began mr hatch walking the communal garden to spread grass seeds. rogers told police ` been waiting this person ' when mr hatch walking back the garden ` opened attacked. ' rogers then hit at least six the claw end a hammer - spraying blood up the walls across. the little girl 's own family was ashamed, kalra says. but all. pinki is now a real pistol, full energy confidence, she a fantastic smile too -- thanks the smile train charity smile train teaches doctors in their own countries operate cleft lips, a deformity across ireport : share your oscar predictions. mr hatch, pictured his wife enid who discovered rogers standing the blood stained body their communal garden. the court was the victim such catastrophic injuries his forehead his skull, visible. rogers was later diagnosed paranoid schizophrenia but episodes before the killing. mrs hatch said they never rogers, described him ` articulate but ' she her husband of ` the love ' someone very easygoing never. ' a police officer stands outside the sheltered housing complex cardiff, both rogers mr and mrs hatch lived. pinki just happened one the chosen candidates surgery and also chosen the documentary. the film chronicles her transformation, following from her village the hospital home again. `` she has absolutely and, '' pinki 's surgeon, dr subodh kumar. the film 's director is megan mylan. she has won but not an oscar -- until. for pinki and her dad, being able the film 's director win an oscar would a thrill. rogers attacked mr hatch outside in the gardens the sheltered housing complex after going spread grass seeds. the court heard the couple met serving in the royal navy ` fell quite instantly ' married within meeting. they had four children together spent their retirement travelling. they planning their next trip america when he brutally. vincent coughlin, defending, said the killing ` an appalling unprovoked attack ' rogers was conscious has. ' mr hatch 's death came four decades mrs hatch 's sister betty elston on sully in the vale glamorgan in july 1971. but they know already the greatest prize : pinki 's new smile. `` i so my daughter 's lips repaired, '' her dad rajendra with, expressing hope the movie inspire people help children whose families ca n't afford
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- while all eyes seem to be on `` slumdog millionaire '' for the oscars , one very courageous little girl will be focused on another india-based film at the ceremony . pinki , like millions in developing countries , had to live with her deformity and suffer the social consequences . it 's called `` smile pinki , '' and it 's up for an oscar , too -- nominated for best short documentary , which it won on sunday . the little girl watching it from inside the oscar ceremony has traveled all the way to los angeles , california , from her small indian village with her dad -- and it has been an incredible journey for pinki sonkar . `` smile pinki '' tells the story of her transformation from a sad outcast to a vibrant 8-year-old with plenty of spunk . pinki was born with a cleft lip , and her impoverished family did not have the money for corrective surgery . alan rogers , who admitted manslaughter after smashing the skull of neighbour fred hatch after wrongly believing he was involved in witchcraft . a crazed pensioner killed his navy veteran neighbour with a claw hammer as he wrongly believed he was involved in witchcraft , a court heard today . alan rogers , 73 , smashed the skull of 76-year-old grandfather fred hatch in the communal garden of their sheltered housing complex near cardiff . mr hatch 's worried wife enid then went looking for her own countries to operate on cleft lips , a deformity afflicting up to four million children across the world . ireport : share your oscar predictions . mr hatch , pictured with his wife enid , who discovered rogers standing over the blood stained body of her husband in their communal garden . the court was told the victim had such catastrophic injuries to his forehead his skull , his brain was visible . rogers was later diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia but had no previous criminal record or episodes of violence before the killing . mrs hatch said they had never had any previous problems with rogers , and described him as ` articulate but unkempt ' . she said her husband of 50 years was ` the love of my life ' and someone who was ` very easygoing and never had any problems with people . ' a police officer stands outside the sheltered housing complex in cardiff , where both rogers and mr and mrs hatch lived . pinki just happened to be one of the chosen candidates for surgery and was also chosen to be the subject of the documentary . the film chronicles her transformation , following her from her village to the hospital and home again . `` she has absolutely and totally changed , '' said pinki 's surgeon , dr. subodh kumar . the film 's director is megan mylan . she has won several awards but not an oscar -- until now . for pinki and her dad , being able to see the film 's director win an oscar would be a thrill . rogers attacked mr hatch outside in the gardens of the sheltered housing complex after going out to spread grass seeds . the court heard the couple met serving in the royal navy and ` fell in love quite instantly ' and married within six months of meeting . they had four children together and spent their retirement travelling the world . they were planning their next trip to america when he was brutally killed . vincent coughlin , defending , said the killing was ` an appalling unprovoked attack ' and rogers was ` conscious of the pain he has caused . ' mr hatch 's death came four decades after mrs hatch 's sister betty elston was found murdered on the beach at sully in the vale of glamorgan in july 1971 . but they know they already have the greatest prize : pinki 's new smile . `` i am so happy that my daughter 's lips have been repaired , '' her dad rajendra said with a smile , expressing hope that the movie will inspire people to help children whose families ca n't afford the surgery .
 The article reports on Pinki, a little girl who has been nominated for an Oscar for her documentary film about her life in India. Despite facing many challenges, including poverty and social stigma, Pinki's family is proud of her achievement. The film showcases Pinki's transformation from a shy and timid girl to a confident and determined individual. It highlights the struggles she faced due to her rare genetic condition, which caused her lips to be severely deformed. The documentary also explores themes of identity, community, and resilience.