Slumdog Stunner Freida Pinto featured on Maxim Magazine US for the month of June 2009, She is photographed by Nicole Nodland. The star of the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, is preparing to land on US. soil. Maybe there’s something to this whole globalization thing after all.
1. The actor is quite butterfly in terms of hobbies and tries to find a new ones to re – invent herself.
2. At the moment, she’s interested in imitating people with different accents!
3. Freida is a foodie too.
4. She loves experimenting with food. Spaghetti arabiatta and frutti di mari are her favorite.
5. Freida always been a fighter! She’s afraid of losing her confidence and killer instincts.
6. Traveling with friends is always an ‘adventure’ for her.
7. She’s pick an obscure place to holiday in, but she loves city life too!
8. Her ancestral home is called ‘Pinto Wade’ at Neerude, near Mangalore.
9. Her father, Frederick Pinto, now a producer in a TV channel, and Freida during vacations.
10. Freida studied at Carmel of St. Joseph School in Malad, Mumbai, and completed her B.A. in English literature from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.
11. She resides in Orlem, Malad, from whom she learned acting, her mentor.
12. Freida has trained in different forms of Indian classical dance as well as Salsa.
13. Freida collects shoes and boarding passes!
14. She is most possessive about her family, shoes, bags, her skin and her hair.
15. She is close to three members of her family, but she’s always been ‘daddy’s little girl’.
16. Her mom’s her strength and her sister her best friend.
17. As a child, she would lie that she has a baby brother whom her mother hid from the world.
18. She always wanted one.
19. She loves the local trains and the auto-rickshaws during monsoons; she loves the rains on Marine Drive.
20. She has bunked college and gone for movies at Regal or Metro.
21. Her childhood dream was to be an entertainer.
22. She’s gone form host at kiddies’ parties to compare at corporate events to presenter for an international travel show to actor.
23. Besides acting, she would love to design shoes, write a great script and help her mother start a school for street children.
24. Her favourite stars are Aamir Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Jack Nicholson, Marlyn Monroe, Nicole Kidman, and Johnny Deep.
25. Right now she’s blinded by work, believes romance keeps one youthful and a good blend with work can enhance one’s life.
26. When ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ was being shot at CST, her scene required her to run, shouting for help.
27. During a break, people at the station would imitate her and scream for help.
28. She met Rohan Antao while attending St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai.
29. The two began dating and got engaged in 2008, but Freida called off the engagement in January 2009.
30. She loves Bally and Sergio Rossi for shoes.
31. She loves Coco Channel and Dior Cherie and Estee Lauder perfumes as well.
32. Her Favorite bags are Lady Dior and Chanel’s bandana Bag.
