A visit to a slum in India was an eye-opener that Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas says helped him make sense of life. He believes it showed him how fame and fortune and TV success were not the only routes to happiness.
Ryan and his younger brothers, twins Adam and Scott, headed to the city of Mumbai – population 18.4 million – to explore their grandfather’s heritage for a six-part ITV documentary.
Giving us an exclusive insight into their month-long adventure and the treasured snaps they brought back, the lads admit it was a wake-up call.
One visit that moved them was to the Dharavi slum, the most populated place on earth, where 700,000 people live in just 0.8 square miles.
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