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Showing off her lovely smile, Freida Pinto was spotted arriving at her hotel in London, England on Saturday evening (August 1).

The Oscar-winning “Slumdog Millionaire” actress is back in town to continue working on a new Woody Allen project also starring Anthony Hopkins, Josh Brolin and Naomi Watts.

The return to London comes on the heels of a stay in New York City, where Miss Pinto enjoyed a romantic dinner date with her “Slumdog” co-star beau Dev Patel a little over a week ago.

The rendezvous saw the two join up at a Big Apple hotel, with Dev making the trip from Philadelphia, where he has been filming M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Airbender”.

Stories of Freida Pinto’s popularity overtaking that of Bollywood’s reigning queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan have been rampant ever since the release of multiple Oscar-winner Slumdog Millionaire.

After questions of who out of the two is more beautiful and more importantly, who is being paid more, now Freida seems to be replacing Ash in yet another way.

Reports say that after the attention given to Freida thanks to Slumdog and her recent international projects, she might be the Indian face on the red carpet of all major international film festival and award ceremonies.

Thus far, Aishwarya has been considered the most beautiful Indian woman and even the most beautiful woman in the world, and as a result, she is invited to festivals like the pretigious Cannes Film Festival, the Toronto Film Festival and others.

Now that Freida is working with the likes of Woody Allen, and is doing an Israeli film, she has joined the international film community in a more immediate way. This might ensure that she becomes a household name when it comes to the Indian quotient that festival organisers scramble for nowadays.

If rumourville reports are to be believed, Aishwarya managed to keep Sonam Kapoor off the Cannes red carpet, but how will she deal with Freida?

For the first time, Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto has confessed that she’s in love with Dev Patel. So much newsprint has been used up speculating about Freida’s love life. That she dumped her Mumbai-based fiancé after the release of the film was confirmed by the man himself, but neither Freida nor her ‘Slumdog’ co-star Dev Patel came clear about their relationship, even as Anil Kapoor , who played the quiz show host in the film, said in February that he suspected that something was going on between Dev and Freida.

The rumours of a brewing romance between them were all but confirmed when the two were spotting cozying up at a restaurant in Israel and shopping for a ring in London.Even Dev’s mom could not keep the secret and revealed to a tabloid that she was happy about Dev and Freida and that they looked good together.

Now, Freida has broken her silence and confirmed that her friendship with Dev has reached another level – love.“The friendship blossomed after the film, it got even stronger. This is all new to us,” the Sun quoted her as saying.

"Slumdog Millionaire" star Freida Pinto expressed a desire to work with Bollywood’s talented filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar and the director says he is flattered and the he would "love to work with her".

It all started when Freida in an interview to the international press said that she would do a Bollywood film only if it was a Bhandarkar film.

"I’m quite flattered to hear Freida wants to work with me. I think she is aware of my female-oriented cinema. She must have seen the performances that Tabu and Konkona Sen Sharma gave in ‘Chandni Bar’ and ‘Page 3′. I’d love to work with Freida," Bhandarkar told IANS.

Bhandarkar is currently busy shooting for "Jail" with Neil Nitin Mukesh and Mugdha Godse.

Ever since the film Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscars, Freida Pinto has been making waves not just in Bollywood but even in its western counterpart Hollywood. The girl is literally stirring up the entire film scene with offers pouring in from all sides.

The latest is her under production film titled Miral. The film is being directed by Julian Schnabel and will be completed somewhere next year. Co-starring alongside Freida in the film is Willem Dafoe. Freida has been shooting for Miral in the old city of Jerusalem.

Here, she is seen with her bodyguards who are leading her to the set of the film.  Miral is based on chronicling Hind Husseini’s efforts to establish an orphanage in Jerusalem after the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel. The film is based on the novel by Palestinian-Italian writer Rula Jebreal that documents the real-life story of Hind Husseini.

In a collion of Hollywood meets Bollywood, Slumdog Millionaire was this year’s hottest cinema ticket. Its break-out star, Freida Pinto, talks to Glamour Magazine by Lyndsey Glimour.

“Slumdog Millionaire” catapulted her to Hollywood and now actress Freida Pinto is in the league of actresses vying to be the new Bond girl. Freida was invited to a screen test for the next spy adventure, reports thesun.co.uk.

The 24-year-old actress was apparently first spotted by producers during the casting for “Quantum of Solace” – the 22nd Bond film released last year.

“Freida came to the attention of the Bond team when they were casting ‘Quantum of Solace’. She was too young at the time to have a part as a love interest for a secret agent. But she has blossomed into an incredibly stunning young woman and would look perfect on Daniel Craig’s arm,” a source said.

The chances of the actress’ participation in the film seem strong as executive producer of the film Barbara Broccoli is eager to cast her.

“Danny Boyle is favourite to take the helm of the next movie which would increase Freida’s chances of a starring role,” added the source.

If Freida is lucky enough to bag the role of a Bond girl, it would be her next international project after the Woody Allen movie that she has been signed up for.

Freida Pinto, who shot to fame with the success of her film “Slumdog Millionaire”, has dumped her boyfriend of four years.

According to reports 24-year-old Rohan is upset and is convinced she will come back. The two met at St. Xavier’s University in Mumbai and soon came very close.

A friend said: “They were really into each other. Rohan would do anything for Freida. They were best pals as well as lovers. While together he helped her develop her website, did publicity and marketing for her and even fixed her dresses before the fashion shoots.”

“Freida called off the engagement after the film took off. She could never have imagined how rapidly her career would grow and it’s all been overwhelming.

Since the release of the film, she’s hardly been in Mumbai and even when she is, she’s too busy working. Whether it’s permanent or temporary she’s not sure, but for now they are not together. But Rohan took it very badly.

He is cut up about it now and hoping they will get back together. He has still not changed his relationship status on Facebook – it still says he is engaged. But no one else believes she will come back now. She is off pursuing her dreams.”

There are rumours that the 24-year-old Pinto and her 18-year-old co-star Dev Patel are more than friends. Patel had earlier said: “She is very beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. Everyone’s agreed on that. But there’s no romance, no.”

Spanish actor Antonio Banderas will join India’s Slumdog Millionaire starlet Freida Pinto normal_1~4 Freida to star opposite Antonio Banderas in Woody Allen’s next film, to be shot in London this year, producers Mediapro announced.

It will be the 48-year-old’s first collaboration with the US filmmaker.

Reports revealed that Pinto Pinto will star with Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin and Anthony Hopkins in the still untitled film.

Banderas said that he had not “said yes” to the project, but admitted it is “very difficult to say no to Woody Allen.”

“There are great actors who have appeared in just single scenes of his films, because that means next to a legend, a man who has made history,” he said.

Mediapro produced Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona for which Spain’s Penelope Cruz (pics) won an Oscar for best supporting actress this month, and plans to finance two more of his works.

Banderas was thrust into the spotlight by Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, who cast him in such films as Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown and Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!.

He became a global star after leaving for Hollywood in the late 1980s, starring in The Legend of Zorro, Evita and Philadelphia.

Allen’s latest film, Whatever Works, is a comedy shot in New York starring Evan Rachel Wood, Henry Cavill and Patricia Clarkson.

Pinto, 24, hit the big time with her role in Slumdog Millionaire, which won eight Oscars, including best picture and best director.

Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto, who recently freida6_big Freida Pinto secretly married ex-boyfriend in Goabroke up with her boyfriend of four years Rohan Antao, may have secretly married her ex two years back.

The Indian actress was said to have called off her engagement to Rohan Jan 15, but Britain’s Daily Telegraph says that the couple clandestinely wed in Goa in 2007 deciding to keep the marriage under wraps to give Freida a greater chance of winning film roles.

“Freida and Rohan fell in love at college and were extremely close. They were great together. The marriage was an impulsive decision and both of them went to a designer to get the gown made, ” a source close to the couple was quoted as saying.

The source added: “Rohan was with her throughout her years as an actress when she was not at all famous. He supported her during the filming of ‘Slumdog’ and the pair even celebrated the film’s success at the Toronto Film Festival together last year.”

“However, she just stopped calling him around the time of the Golden Globe awards, when the film started to make waves internationally. He is completely shocked at being dumped and is heartbroken.