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  • Up-Close & Personal: Freida Pinto
    no responses - Posted 10.17.08

    Photo Courtesy: Freida Pinto

    If you ever thought that a game show couldn’t help you fall in love, then you were wrong. Directors Danny Boyle (28 Days Later) and Loveleen Tandan (Brick Lane, Vanity Fair, and Monsoon Wedding) have brought it upon themselves that love is possible in anyway which you desire. Slumdog Millionaire is the story of how impoverished Indian teen Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) became a contestant on the Hindi version of “Who Wants to be A Millionaire?” It becomes an attempt made without prize money in mind, rather, an effort to prove his love for his friend Latika (Frieda Pinto), who is an ardent fan of the show.


    Frieda Pinto is beautiful and charismatic as she takes on the screen and personifies love. In between press conferences at the Toronto International Film Festival and promotions for her new film, I had a chance to sit down with this up-coming actress and I have two words for the rest of Hollywood: Watch Out!

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