Freida
Pinto
starrer
'Desert
Dancer'
has
unveiled
its
first
trailer.
The
Indian-origin
Hollywood
actress
who
shot
to
fame
after
playing
in
Oscar
winning
movie,
Slumdog
Millionaire
has
tried
a
different
genre
in
the
inspiring
biopic.
Showing
her
dancing
skills
and
her
new
makeover,
Frieda
Pinto
looks
impressive.
The
trailer
sees
Pinto,
30,
and
her
friends
practicing
choreographed
dance
moves
in
suppressed
society
and
risking
their
lives.
The
movie
centers
on
a
real-life
dancer
Afshin
Ghaffarian
(played
by
Reece
Ritchie).
The
video
first
shows
him
as
a
kid
who
gets
punished
at
school
for
dancing
in
class.
Afshin's
passion,
however,
does
not
die.
He
learns
dancing
from
videos
of
Michael
Jackson,
Gene
Kelly
and
Rudolf
Nureyev,
and
later
creates
his
own
dance
company
alongside
some
friends,
including
Pinto's
Elaheh.
Directed
by
Richard
Raymond,
the
movie
kicks
off
the
opening
night
of
the
Santa
Barbara
International
Film
Festival
at
the
Arlington
Theatre.
Also
starring
Nazanin
Boniadi,
Tom
Cullen
and
Marmama
Corlett,
the
film
will
open
in
select
theatres
in
the
US
on
April
10
before
going
wide
on
April
17.