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.

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.

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In her forthcoming films too, she has wandered through the most offbeat locations.

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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.

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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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