And ehh I'm a little biased against her because in India, we don't really like her all that much.
A lot of people didn't like the Slumdog movie because it showed a really gritty, dirty side of India (which seems to be everyone's favorite angle) - I won't deny that side exists, but that's why the whole world still sees us the way it does (like when my sister when to NYU to study, her first week there, a million people asked her how she managed to learn English so fast & whether we ride elephants everywhere in our country).
The reason I don't like Freida too much is - when people like that go abroad & gain fame there, they get on these fake accents and start behaving like they're less Indian because they've 'made it' abroad (I don't know how many people will get this) - she's turned out like that.
Plus, we have a wonderful group of truly powerful female actors here & I feel she's a bit overrated (which is also why she hasn't done any Indian films). Most people outside of India seem more enamored by her unique features than her acting prowess. I'll give her that - she's pretty, but that's it.
And I can think of a million better Indian women who would represent my country better than she does.
A lot of people didn't like the Slumdog movie because it showed a really gritty, dirty side of India (which seems to be everyone's favorite angle) - I won't deny that side exists, but that's why the whole world still sees us the way it does (like when my sister when to NYU to study, her first week there, a million people asked her how she managed to learn English so fast & whether we ride elephants everywhere in our country).
The reason I don't like Freida too much is - when people like that go abroad & gain fame there, they get on these fake accents and start behaving like they're less Indian because they've 'made it' abroad (I don't know how many people will get this) - she's turned out like that.
Plus, we have a wonderful group of truly powerful female actors here & I feel she's a bit overrated (which is also why she hasn't done any Indian films). Most people outside of India seem more enamored by her unique features than her acting prowess. I'll give her that - she's pretty, but that's it.
And I can think of a million Indian women who would represent my country better than she does.
As for the accent thing could it not be because she doesn't spend so much time in India anymore? I have a friend at uni and she's from India and he has an Indian accent but I've also another friend that came to London when she was 15/16 and she doesn't have an Indian accent anymore.
My sister's been in the US for over 5 years and still talks the same way she used to - the way I do.
And we don't talk like those stereotypical Indian people you see on tv : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw6RgIf6epQ![]()
She doesn't look 5'6. She seems really tiny - at best 5'4, maybe?
About the accent thing, I don't think that it's totally about a matter of choice. My mom for instance has a strong accent when she speaks french or english since they're not her first language, but when she speaks ukrainian or russian with family and friends still living there, they say she speaks differently than she used to. Yet she lived approximately the same amount of time in both parts of the world. Sometimes you get it, sometimes it'll just never work out.
I also have a romanian friend, and she also says she has an accent no matter what language she speaks, especially in french. And she's been living in Canada since she was eight I think. This other romanian girl we know came here at approximately the same age and speaks perfectly well the three (romanian, french, english), whereas she just couldn't adapt, and the two other languages messed up her romanian! Her mouth just doesn't want to cooperate, and trust me, she's tried to change the way she speaks. It really sucks sometimes, and it gets harder when you speak several languages to be perfectly fluid and sound like you should.
^Sure.
You're entitled to your own opinion.
I guess it's really in-my-face the change in the way she talks because I'm from the same country, it's hard t ignore.
As for her representing India, she's kinda is one of the few that people identify as from India (or maybe Apu, from the Simpsons) - my problem being she's not really a good actor.
I don't know how many people think of Freida Pinto when they think of India, but I sure as hell don't think Miley = America or the NJ Guidos = Italy![]()