Indian-born Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto, 24, has given the boot to her long-term boyfriend Rohan Antao. The two met at St Xavier’s College in Mumbai, where Antao was studying chemistry. Pinto studied English literature in college, then began modeling in India. Slumdog is Pinto’s first film. Antao was very supportive of her career, even helping Pinto organize her website, publicity and her appearances for her work. They were together for four years.
People are starting to make a big deal about her relationship/friendship with 18-year-old British-Indian actor Dev Patel, Pinto’s co-star in Slumdog, but I have my doubts. If anything, I think Dev has a little unrequited crush on the beautiful Pinto, but she’s most likely too mature to date an 18-year-old kid, albeit one as adorable as Dev. The Mirror has more:
Ouch! As her acting career takes off beautiful Freida Pinto gives devastated boyfriend of four years the boot.
Just a year ago, Freida Pinto was a relatively unknown model living in a modest Mumbai suburb, engaged to a man she’d met at university. Next Sunday, Freida will be centre stage at the Oscars. And single. It’s been quite a year for the beautiful star of hit film Slumdog Millionaire.
[When] Slumdog, which swept the Golden Globes and the Baftas and is nominated for 10 Oscars, took off at the end of last year, Freida dumped Rohan Antao – the man who had supported her career every step of the way.
Rohan, 24, was devastated, and still remains convinced she will come back.
They met four years ago at St Xavier’s University in Mumbai. Freida, who plays Latika in the Oscar-nominated movie, was studying English literature and he was reading chemistry. They soon became inseparable. A university pal said: “They were really into each other. Rohan would do anything for Freida. They were best pals as well as lovers.”
After they graduated, he helped to develop her website, did publicity and marketing for her, and fixed her dresses before fashion shoots. But the pal who lives in Mumbai said: “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 still 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.”
[Pinto] had never done a day’s acting until Slumdog director Danny Boyle’s casting agent arrived in Mumbai in 2007. Danny put Freida through months of exhausting audition tasks before offering her the job and she signed up for acting lessons at Mumbai’s Barry John acting studio.
Rumours have persisted that Freida and her 18-year-old British co-star Dev Patel, who plays the orphan Jamal in the movie, are more than just friends.
Talking to the Sunday Mirror before the Baftas, Dev admitted he fancies her – but denied an affair. He said: “She is very beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. Everyone’s agreed on that. But there’s no romance, no.”
However, last week they were seen leaving a London nightclub together at 3.30am. And now she is a single girl, who knows what might happen…
From The Sunday Mirror
It just seems like she outgrew the relationship, or that they had been separated for a while, and just grew apart. I am having fun doing imaginary match-making for Freida with some big movie stars, though. How cute would she be with Gerard Butler? Or Colin Farrell?
I wonder if Freida has dreams of moving to London or Los Angeles and really jump-starting a career in Hollywood films. Even though she’s insanely beautiful and talented, I worry that there won’t be enough roles for her to make moving worth her while. She might be headed back to Mumbai some time soon – and maybe she’ll reconnect with Rohan Antao then.
Freida Pinto is shown opening Liberty’s store in London on 2/14/09 and at the Elle Style Awards on 2/9/09. Credit: WENN
She is very beautiful, I bet her boyfriend was feeling jealous of her overnight fame. Hope she has a successful career.
If their relationship had/has any substance, then she’ll go back to him. It has to be hard once you hit stardom like that to find someone who knew you before, who could appreciate you.
But…I also think…live it up girl! Why be tied down at 24 for crying out loud?!
She is one of the most beautiful women in the world!
wow, double standard much?
I’m all for following your dreams, etc., but if this were a MAN who left a woman after she loved and supported him and his career for four years and then he suddenly DUMPED her the minute his career took off… ear plugs would not suffice.
Who knows what actually happened, but it sure sounds like her success has gone to her head a bit and she dumped this poor guy to try to trade up.
Maybe she deserves what she gets at this point, including Colin Farrel,(Gerard Butler’s MINE Kaiser, MINE, I tell you! *raises fists to the heavens*)
So what she dumped him! It’s her life and she can do whatever she wants. It’s not up to others to judge. If she outgrew him then it’s her deal and certainly no-one else’s.
She is absolutely gorgeous.
And the movie was amazing!! AMAZING!!
And hey, we don’t know the circumstances of their relationship. Maybe he pulled a Chris Brown?
She looks like an indian version of Sarah Shahi.
Personally I think it would be a kick in the balls to have done all that work for her career and then as soon as she finds success she dumps him.. but at the same time I can see how it would be hard to be in the spotlight and manage a boyfriend at the same time.
Her timing is really callous and this doesn’t speak much for her character. Reminds me of a song by the Northern Pikes: “She Ain’t Pretty She Just Looks That Way.”
She had a real guy who supported her… e.g. Drew Barrymore is still looking for one after all these years… she’ll regret him when Hollywood types use and abuse her, personally & professionally.
It bothers me that the article seems to be trying to paint her as a heartless bitch who dumped him once she got too famous for him. Who knows what her motivation was? I’m sure he was probably a really nice guy, but sometimes relationships just don’t work, and it doesn’t make either of the participants a bad person. I would hate to feel obligated to stay with someone I’d fallen out of love with just because he had supported my career. That’s no foundation for a marriage.
Unless she gives an interview that really gives the impression that she felt she was getting too famous for him–not that she’d say so in so many words, but sometimes it’s pretty obvious–I’d rather give them both the benefit of the doubt.
And yeah, she and Dev would be adorable together, but at that age, the age difference is probably a bit much.
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I agree with Zoe. If a guy becomes famous and does that to a woman…
She’s only 24, no need to be tied down to someone at that age.
She’s just too beautiful for words. And as a soon-to-be 24-year-old, I resent the statement that it’s too young to be settled. I respectfully disagree-if you’ve found the right person, what’s the problem? I don’t know the whole story here, but I’m willing to bet this guy is far more real and down-to-earth than anyone she’ll ever meet in Hollywood.
well she mite not realise now wats the pain being dumped..hope she gets dumped too and feels the pain…wen she was nothing his bf was there to help and now she forgot her origin..He shud have used her and thrown her….
Being in a relationship for four years is a lifetime waisted girls…all hollywood relationships doesnt seem to work and plus i never got it why actors want to be in relationships with actresses why dont they just pick average people so they can balance their personal life and when they come home they find their other half …..not someone whos always travelling and never available IT CANT WORK OUT anyways enough talking i wish her the best and fame has got to her ass maybe thats why she broke up with him.
Kiss girls