The makers of Hollywood film Desert Dancer unveiled its first trailer on January 27. The film stars Indian-origin Hollywood actress Freida Pinto in a pivotal role.
The trailer sees Freida, 30, and her friends practicing choreographed dance moves in suppressed society and risking their lives, reported Ace Showbiz.
The movie centers on a real-life dancer Afshin Ghaffarian (played by Reece Ritchie). The video first shows him as a kid who gets punished at school for dancing in class. Afshin's passion, however, does not die. He learns dancing from videos of Michael Jackson, Gene Kelly and Rudolf Nureyev, and later creates his own dance company alongside some friends, including Freida's character Elaheh.
Directed by Richard Raymond, the movie will start the opening night of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the Arlington Theatre.
Also starring Nazanin Boniadi, Tom Cullen and Marmama Corlett, the film will open in select theatres in the US on April 10 before going wide on April 17.
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