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Freida Pinto takes the road less taken
Ever since Freida Pinto started her career, she has shot in some really offbeat places. If Slumdog Millionaire (2009) saw her roaming around the slums of Mumbai, director Michael Winterbottom’s Trishna (2011) put her in the interiors of Rajasthan.
Updated on: Jul 12, 2012, 13:22:31 IST
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Ever since Freida Pinto has started her career, she has been shooting in some really offbeat places. So, if Slumdog Millionaire (2009) saw her roaming around the slums of Mumbai, director Michael Winterbottom’s Trishna (2011) put her in the interiors of Rajasthan.
In her forthcoming films too, she has wandered through the most offbeat locations.
Miral
Locations: Jerusalem and Tel Aviv
Freida arrived a month before the filming to get into character. She also studied Arabic for two to three weeks.
Black Gold
Locations: Tunisia, Qatar
She was shooting in Tunisia at the outbreak of the Arab Spring. Freida decided to stay stay on even after the revolution broke out. Hollywood actor Antonio Banderas will be seen playing her father.
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