TheRecord.com - Entertainment_Wire - Freida Pinto thanks Toronto film fest for early 'Slumdog Millionaire' praise
TORONTO - Freida Pinto was thrilled Friday to be back in the city where her acclaimed movie "Slumdog Millionaire" first took flight, noting audiences at the Toronto International Film Festival were among the first to praise the rags-to-riches saga.
"I'm very excited to be here," the Mumbai-raised model-turned-actress, who made her film debut as the love interest in the drama that's been nominated for 10 Oscars, said at a gala for the South Asian lifestyles magazine Anokhi.
"In a strange way it's like my little gift back to the city because this is where it all started. This is where we had a first fan following, where we had the first standing ovation given to us by the press," said Pinto, 24, referring to the People's Choice Award the film won at the Toronto festival last September.
"I think in a strange way if this city hadn't started it all for us, it could have been a bit more difficult."
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