Slumdog stars make the most of Toronto buzz

Slumdog stars make the most of Toronto buzz
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Toronto, Sep 12 (PTI) The young lead actors of Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, which has emerged as one of the biggest audience catcher of the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), are having the time of their lives here. The two teenagers, Londoner Dev Patel and Mumbai girl Freida Pinto are on a dream run. They are two of the freshest stars on the international movie firmament with the film poised to cast a spell wherever it plays.

At their post-premiere press conference as well as at subsequent parties, Patel and Pinto lapped up all the attention they attracted.

Boyle cast Patel in the role of the titular character on a suggestion from his teenage daughter, a fan of Skins, a British television series featuring the 17-year-old actor in the lead role.

Pinto landed the role of the heroine of the film after a round of auditions. "I am out and out Mumbai girl, so the role wasnt difficult for me" she told the media. Any more films on the way? "Well, none at the moment," she revealed.

At the press conference, Patel, sitting alongside Boyle, chose to keep a low profile. Asked how and why Boyle chose him for the part, he quipped,"My lack of muscles got me the role." This was a follow-up to Boyle's statement that he was looking for an ordinary, vulnerable-looking guy and not "the sort of muscle-bound Bollywood star who finds it tough to lower his arms". The guy clearly knows his cues.

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