Author: Tim Blanks Magazine: Interview (US), issue August 2011 Freida Pinto walks into a bar. No, that’s not the beginning of a joke, it’s actually a succinct observation about the fact that she is walking completely alone—no minder, no publicity—into the bar and restaurant of the Soho Hotel in London. Sure, it’s a late June [...]
Author: Laurie Sandell Magazine: Glamour (US), issue May 2011 India-born actress Freida Pinto, 26, became instantly A-list with the success of 2008’s Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire; now, this spring, she stars in artist Julian Schnabel’s Miral, with two more big flicks to come. On the phone from her hometown of Mumbai—the one place where she can still [...]
Author: Georgia Dehn Magazine: The Telegraph (UK), issue November 20 2010 Freida Pinto points out of the window of her hotel room in London at two maintenance men abseiling down the side of a building opposite. ‘That would be strange, if the paparazzi got up there,’ she says. ‘But you know what, it is possible. [...]
Author: Michael Martin Magazine: Interview (US), issue November 2010 Freida Pinto’s story reads like an old Hollywood invention gone global: In 2007, director Danny Boyle cast her to play the female lead in Slumdog Millionaire, a tragicomic romance set on the streets of Mumbai that fought the odds and scrapped its way to win best [...]
Author: Ben Barna Magazine: Blackbook (US), issue November 2010 In September 2008, Freida Pinto, along with a small coterie of Indian actors, arrived at the Toronto International Film Festival for the premiere of her new movie, Slumdog Millionaire. Its unveiling at Telluride the week before generated strong buzz, but not enough to ignite a storm [...]
Author: Mark Healy Magazine: GQ (US), issue October 2010 After a while, even Freida Pinto got a little tired of Slumdog Millionaire. “I felt like people almost got fed up with seeing our faces splattered all over the place,” she says. Long after the Oscars and the breathless global embrace ended, the 25-year-old still had [...]
Author: Crystal G. Martin Magazine: O Magazine (US), issue September 2010 The star of Woody Allen’s latest film once thought her complexion was “a curse”, until a chance encounter with a stranger made her realize just how lucky she was. I’m from a culturally rich and diverse nation, India. We speak many languages and have [...]
Author: Horacio Silva Magazine: T Magazine (US), issue Fall 2010 Freida Pinto is not one to shy away from a grand gesture. “As my friends and family are quick to remind me, I have always been a big drama queen,” Pinto, 26, recalls over breakfast in a Midtown hotel suite. “As a child, I would [...]
Author: n/a Magazine: Maxim (India), issue March 2009 After a dream debut performance in the much-felicitated, much-hyped Slumdog Millionaire, the small-town Latika has been rubbing famous shoulders the world over. Maxim gives you a sneak peek at Freida Pinto, the girl who launched a thousand award nights. When did you realize acting was the thing [...]
Author: Corinne Griffith-Cole Magazine: Cosmopolitan (India), issue March 2009 Ever since Slumdog Millionaire hit theaters and resonated with both critics and viewers, everyone’s been buzzing about first-time actress Freida Pinto. Almost overnight, the Mumbai-born former model has gone from “who’s that girl” to “It girl,” whirling across the globe to attend scores of red-carpet events [...]
