Washington: Freida Pinto, who became an overnight celebrity after the multiple-Oscar winning 'Slumdog Millionaire', views her new film 'Trishna' as a 'very beautiful and yet tragic' tale of a village girl torn between her traditional upbringing and the dreams of a girl from modern India. Based on Thomas Hardy's classic 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles', British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom's newest film is set in rural Rajasthan. It has Pinto playing the...
01:23 PM, Jul 15, 2012
New Delhi: Director Michael Winterbottoms Trishna is getting a limited release in America this week. The film has been appreciated at several film festivals and in Britain prior to this release. Based on Thomas Hardy's classic novel 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles', the film is about two lovers and how their different upbringing causes a rift between them. Freida Pinto is playing the lead role of Trishna who hails from a...
07:26 PM, Jul 12, 2012
New Delhi: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has a penchant for acting. He will soon be seen in British director Michael Winterbottom's film 'Trishna' that is having a limited release on July 13 in USA. He will be seen as a filmmaker in the film. Anurag's wife and actor Kalki Koechlin will also be seen in the film. Not only this, music composer Amit Trivedi is also doing an important cameo in...
04:49 PM, Jul 11, 2012
New Delhi: 'Trishna' is getting a limited release in US this week. The story describes the life of a woman whose life gets defined due to her love. Trishna (Freida Pinto) meets a wealthy young British businessman Jay Singh (Riz Ahmed) and falls in love with him, but despite their feelings for each other, they cannot escape the pressures of a rural society which is changing rapidly through industrialisation and...
10:22 AM, Jul 11, 2012
London: Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto says she felt drained and exhausted after shooting the new movie Trishna in rural India. The 27-year-old actress, who plays the titular character and shot the film in Rajasthan, said the drama was a struggle to get through, reported Contactmusic. "Sometimes I feel that this film has drained everything out of me. I had nothing left. "When I shot Slumdog Millionaire, I felt like...
11:48 AM, Jul 10, 2012
Panaji: Wondering why Hollywood is always obssessed with young look, India's best export to West, actress Freida Pinto says she cannot wait to grow old. The 27-year-old actress, who has starred in many international projects post her rise to fame with 'Slumdog Millionaire', says she wants her face to reflect the experience she would gain in her career. "I don't understand why everyone wants to look young. I can't wait...
03:23 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Panaji: Michael Winterbottom, director of Freida Pinto-starrer 'Trishna' , said he would have 'begged' the Indian actress to play the lead role in his adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel 'Tess of the d'Ubervilles. Recounting how easily he had selected the 'Slumdog Millionaire' star for the role of 'Trishna', Winterbottom said he met her in London for the role. "I would have begged her to do the part, but luckily she...
12:27 PM, Nov 27, 2011
