Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto is likely to become the highest paid Indian actress in the world.
Soon after the eight Oscar winning performance in Los Angeles, a spokesperson announced she had signed up for Woody Allen’s next film.
She will join A-list Hollywood stars such as Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins for the yet untitled project, which will be filmed in London.
Interest in the actress remains sky-high as she adorned the front cover of Vogue India this month.
Industry sources say that the expected income of $2m to $3m for the film will propel her to the top of the earnings scale among Indian actresses.
She said in an interview: “For someone like me with no godfather in the film industry, it was easier to break into modelling. I did use modelling as a means to get into the film world.”
“I enjoyed modelling. It taught me a lot in terms of being confident and definitely helped me prepare for what was to come next,” she added.
Her co-star Dev Patel isn’t doing so bad either. The media reported last week that he had signed for M. Night Shymalan, of Sixth Sense and The Village fame, for his his next project. Based on a popular martial arts cartoon - The Last Airbender - it will involve a lot of CGI.
“It sounds like a good project. I love martial arts like Bruce Lee and Jet Li and I’d love to try something physical,” Dev told a reporter last week.
M. Night Shyamalan said: “He was already one of the guys I was interested in. Then I saw Slumdog Millionaire, and the kid just grew in my eyes.”
The Last Airbender begins shooting in Greenland in March and is scheduled for release in July 2010. It is the first of a planned trilogy.
~~~~~ Hmm, don't know if this is true, because I'm sure Ash would've gotten at least a couple of million dollars for Pink Panther. Anyone know?
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Absolutely agree about the
Absolutely agree about the village belle comment!!Go frieda!!Atta girl!trash those collonial mentality,white wannabee suck ups..
this is the case of "GOOD
this is the case of "GOOD LUCK "
FREIDA FREDIA FREIDA FREDIA
FREIDA FREDIA FREIDA FREDIA FREIDA FREIDA FREIDA FREDIA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO FREIDA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Village Belle.. Freida!!!
Go Village Belle.. Freida!!! We are PROUD of the 'village women' of India and think they're stunning . very very sad comments keep coming towards Freida and that's sad.
First of all, this post was
First of all, this post was made on the bogus claims and wrong press. It's not Freida or her fans doing this vs stuff.
To Anon below: she isnt that pretty if you go to villages in india you can find the same faces==> sad that these kind of mentalities still exist. Indian women in the villages are often the most beautiful in the world and many do think so. but some of you may never be able to see that. Freida is definitely pretty and if she looks like a village belle, that's a good thing.
no one can beat aish. freida
no one can beat aish.
freida is ye to prove herself..slumdog has shitall acting in it.
she isnt that pretty if you go to villages in india you can find the same faces, just those poor girls are poverty stricken and have no one to help them.
Also she is not an indian actress... she is of indian decent but hasnt been in a single indian film?.... shes technically an american actress.
looks does not equal good
looks does not equal good acting.
she isn't good looking i admit but (i haven't seen SM) she just may be a good actress.
aish didn't get paid that
aish didn't get paid that much
Go Frieda bye bye aish
Go Frieda
bye bye aish
Give me a break with this
Give me a break with this one. One movie with a samll part. the earth is moved. let see for how long.
I think Aish gets paid $1.5
I think Aish gets paid $1.5 mill...something around that. I read it somewhere....
Ash is not a well paid
Ash is not a well paid actress in the West. actually she's paid very low in the West because she's not a star there. so, why would you assume she got "a couple of million" from the Pink Panther movie?
Technically Frieda isn't an
Technically Frieda isn't an Indian actress because she's hasn't acted in any Indian films...unless they are referring to the fact that she's Indian. Either way that means both Freida and Ash cannot be compared because Ash is actually an Indian actress whereas Freida isn't. Anyway...best of luck to both!
Freida challenges the status
Freida challenges the status quo as a style icon... in both Hollywood and Bollywood.
She different and standout. Superb!
She's have to work VERY VERY hard to prove her talents as an artist--
that's her path.
suck on that ash! haha
suck on that ash! haha
she has a squint....and she
she has a squint....and she is good in her own way...I dont think she should be compared with aish
The best part of SM Best
The best part of SM Best Film Award and the Oscar win was this:
Strugglers and film stars on stage together. Indian and British and American.
All major religions together. All smiling. Peaceful.
Anonymous on Sun, 2009-03-08 12:44: You expressed it so well.
Wrote posts too- but were not listed, relating to the Bollywood sterotype and henpecking issues that desis faced- where desis themselves perpetuate the discrimation with each other.
Shocking that 'Anonymous on Sun, 2009-03-08 06:58' is listed- but that is not even the tip of the iceberg. the Pinto bashing posts had bashers lashers lashing at Pinto praisers. Those are listed-- but expressing society concerns are blocked. Little wonder many SM fans moved away from Pinkvilla now.
Who really are you Pinkvilla people?
Desis-- Aish fans (your Pinkvilla ID indicates fan of Aish/Abhi/Aamir)?
thought Pinkvilla was an ID chosen by a regular user-- but checked their comments and they appeared to be adminstrative. So it goes to show that Pinkvilla will let those types of comments to be listed.. but not desi-society concerns and issues against those comments.
will this post get listed? hhhhmmmmmm .. let's see.
You go girl!!! U make us
You go girl!!! U make us proud
no fights about whose
no fights about whose wallets is the fattest..
Aish's wallets are probably fatter than 12,000 artists combined.. but that's her business.
Whether it's 15-minute fame
Whether it's 15-minute fame or not, self-empowerment is always a shining example of a Desi woman. Freida has that.
She has the guts to call up Shobha De on the phone while all the stars are scared of her- and tell her exactly why she didn't wear a sari and won't- and Shobha De says: ok-got-it. Read Shobha's blogs and do a search, it's there.
Inner-strenth.. is what Desi women are about. Whether Freida makes it or not in the fame world- is not as important as whether she is true to her heart. In this sense, Freida and a lot of Desi women are true winners.
aishwarya and freida are
aishwarya and freida are typical indian girls.... one look at them and you know that they are both indians, so i dont know hwat is the fuss about the status quo...they are both brown
u did not get million dollar
u did not get million dollar for five minute role in pink panther
atleast it's better than
atleast it's better than working in hollywood productions merely rolling one's eyes and faking an accent while delivering dialogues like some talentless indian actress
I am excited for Freida and
I am excited for Freida and all the possibilities she will have career-wise. Stop comparing her to Aishwarya. She's one person and Aish is another. Be proud of all our Desi sisters making it. There are so few of us on tv. Whenever I talk to my Black and Asian friends, they say the same thing. There's such a terrible and small representation of women of color on tv and in movies, and when we are portrayed, it's usually negative. Slumdog will open doors for Freida, and hopefully other Indian women. So, let's celebrate.
Anonymous on Sun, 2009-03-08
Anonymous on Sun, 2009-03-08 06:58. People like you make me feel ashamed to be Indian. Indian producers are idiots. They've even named it Bollywood after Hollywood. Guess what, Freida made it in the real one not the wannabe copy. I promised myself I wouldn't come back here. I had to check to see if Pink Villa posted my comment because they conveniently left out my other comments but let disgusting ones like yours go through. I have no respect for this board. Final Comment.
imagining wat kind of people
imagining wat kind of people might be really liking her, they should post their pictures here, I am sure i can give you 10 Rupees per head for whatever you are.
Fake smile in the picture
Fake smile in the picture
hmmm...woody allan's films
hmmm...woody allan's films cost aorund 10 million...so freida getting 3 million is hard to believe...i read that ash got around 2 million for pink panther and that was a 40 million dollar movie..so i doubt it..
i meant makes all the "real
i meant makes all the "real indian girls " proud....all over the world!
GO FREIDA!!!! makes the
GO FREIDA!!!! makes the "real indian girl" proud all over the world!