{"id":15752,"date":"2013-07-05T19:07:36","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T19:07:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-07-05T19:07:36","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T19:07:36","slug":"Freida-Pinto-and-Priyanka-Chopra-Team-Up-For-Girl-Rising-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=15752","title":{"rendered":"Freida Pinto and Priyanka Chopra Team Up For \u201cGirl Rising\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Actresses Freida Pinto and Priyanka Chopra showcased their passion for uplifting girls around the globe in the new documentary Girl Rising.<\/em> Directed by Academy Award-nominated director Richard Robbins, the film tells the stories of nine girls from all around the world who are forced into arranged marriages, child slavery, and sexual abuse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Considering the worldwide uproar over women\u2019s rights in India in the past year, Pinto and Chopra said they jumped at this opportunity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am happy to bring this film to India. The timing couldn\u2019t be more perfect because there has been wide awareness in the last couple of months, maybe years, Pinto said to Indian Express. \u201dThere are people who are raising more questions, who are protesting, debating also probably putting more pressure on policy change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Hollywood A-listers, including  Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchette, and Selena Gomez lent their voices to the film.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BJsvklXhYaE?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BJsvklXhYaE?hl=en_US&amp;version=3\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"360\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><br 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