Actress Frieda Pinto to lend her voice for Warner Brother’s ‘The Jungle Book’

LOS ANGELES (Diya TV) — For actress Frieda Pinto, her role in the upcoming “Jungle Book: Origins,” is personal. After rising to stardom for her efforts in “Slumdog Millionaire,” she recently said her life has come full circle with the opportunity to be a part of this new project.

“It’s going to be a while for Jungle Book. It will release in 2017. I am pretty excited about it because we all used to watch it on Doordarshan every Sunday. We loved watching it. Life kind of becomes full circle to participate in a project like that,” Frieda said.

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She will provide voiceover for the character of Mowgli’s adoptive mother in the film which is set for release on Oct. 17, 2017. Director Andy Serkis found a role in the Warner Bros.’ motion capture live-action adventure adaptation, providing voice for the character of Baloo the friendly bear. Pinto is just as excited at the opportunity to work with Serkis.

“It is Andy and I am super excited,” she said.

Until then, moviegoers can have a look at Frieda’s latest project, “Knight of Cups,” which was directed by Terrence Malick, and stars her alongside the Batman franchise lead, Christian Bale.