'Trishna' a very beautiful yet tragic tale, says Freida Pinto

New York, July 16 (ANI): Freida Pinto, who became an overnight star after the success of "Slumdog Millionaire" has described her latest flick "Trishna" a beautiful, yet tragic tale.

The movie, which is an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 19th century novel 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles', has been directed by Michael Winterbottom

The flick is set in rural Rajasthan and narrates a tale of a village girl torn between her traditional upbringing and the dreams of a girl from modern India, the New York Daily News reported.

Pinto plays the title role of Trishna, an auto-rickshaw driver's daughter, who falls for a rich boy.

"I guess the journey is very beautiful and at the same time very tragic because it goes from being really innocent to being in a situation of almost desperation and finally to redemption," she said.

"It's quite an intense journey for one girl to go through," she said.

Elaborating more on the role, the 27-year-old actress revealed that Trishna was a tough role to play because it's so different from what she is in real life. he actress admitted that she has a very outspoken personality and "just can't kind of lay back and just get bombarded with things that I don't believe in."

"So I guess that was really hard for me, especially because we didn't really have a solid script," she added. (ANI)