Frieda Pinto talks about 'Jungle Book - Origins'

Frieda Pinto is fascinated by the characters created by Rudyard Kipling’s timeless classic. She had become popular after her movie “Slumdog Millionaire” which shot her to stardom and she is now excited to be a part of “Jungle Book: Origins”. As she says - her life has come full circle with the Hollywood project.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 18 March 2016.

Freida is slated to be the voice of Mowgli’s adoptive mother in the Warner Brothers’ motion capture live-action adventure adaptation of “The Jungle Book”, based on the novel by Kipling. And, in her opinion, the film is worth the wait because it will release in 2017.
She remembers watching it on Doordarshan every Sunday and life comes a full circle because she will be a part of such a project. It will be directed by Andy Serkis, who also gives voice to friendly bear Baloo and, the cast includes names like Benedict Cumberbatch, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, and Indian-American child actor Rohan Chand who will be seen as Mowgli.


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