Keeping it short and sweet

Freida Pinto says feature-length films are less challenging

NEW DELHI: Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto, who has also featured in films such as Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Immortals, said working in a short film is fascinating as it allows you to tell a story in less time.

“Short films are very fascinating because we don’t get the comfort of a two-hours-long feature to tell the whole story and develop it. So you pretty much have to be very spot on in a short film to tell the whole story.” Freida, who starred in the short film Black Knight Decoded as part of a challenge, said in an interview.



“As actors, we always like to do things that we haven’t done before. It’s a great way for us to learn the material and understand a world which we are not very familiar with,” she added.

Directed by Jabbar Raisani, Black Knight Decoded follows the journey of a father (David Oyelowo) and daughter (Layla Crawford) on their quest to decode radio signals transmitted from the Black Knight satellite.



“The other interesting thing for me was getting back to the film set with David Oyelowo. He is such a phenomenal actor. Also Jabbar Raisani is a fantastic young director who is one to watch out for. The way he has put this film together is beyond phenomenal,” Freida stated.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 16^th, 2016.

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