Freida Pinto posts first trailer of Desert Dancer, fans rejoice
Desert Dancer is about Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian (played by Reece Ritchie). Freida is cast as Elaheh, who plays an instrumental role in motivating Afshin to form a dance company.
Soon after India's export to Hollywood Freida Pinto posted the link of the trailer of her film Desert Dancer, her fans rejoiced watching her in the dancing mode.
"Finally here! Desert dancer official trailer #1 (2015) HD," Freida tweeted on Wednesday. Desert Dancer is about Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian (played by Reece Ritchie). Freida is cast as Elaheh, who plays an instrumental role in motivating Afshin to form a dance company.
The biographical film directed by Richard Raymond was screened at Santa Barbara International Film Festival, on Tuesday, where Desert Dancer was the opening film. Freida stunned her fans as she made a glamorous statement on the red carpet in a silvery-grey Mason by Michelle Mason gown in a streamlined silhouette with sheer panels, offering a glimpse of her skin. Cutting a charming picture, Freida lighlighted her looks with a Dannijo statement necklace and Salvatore Ferragamo shoes that accentuated her look.
The film was premiered last year in Germany and then made rounds of the festival circuits in Ischia and Hong Kong. Desert Dancer, which also stars Nazanin Boniadi, Tom Cullen and Marmama Corlett, is scheduled to release in the US in April.
Finally here! Desert Dancer Official Trailer #1 (2015) HD: http://t.co/ydKbMcdxpb Freida Pinto (@BecauseImFreida) January 26, 2015
The trailer of the film sees Freida, 30, and her friends practicing choreographed dance moves in a suppressed society while risking their lives. The film is based on a true story and set during the volatile climate of the 2009 presidential election-a time when many cultural freedoms, such as dance, were threatened. The video starts with Afshin who as a kid is punished at school for dancing in class. Afshin's passion, however, does not die. He learns dancing from 'banned' videos of Michael Jackson, Gene Kelly and Rudolf Nureyev, and later creates his own dance company alongside some friends.
The cast of the film was trained by a British choreographer of Bangladeshi descent, Akram Khan. And Freida has reportedly worked hard to play a professional dancer in the film while her look, with chic fringes on the forehead, and her swift Salsa moves have added to the novelty of her character.
