Oscar winning director Ang Lee
The Academy Award-winning director’s new production Life of Pi will also be the inaugural film of the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IIFI) to be held in Goa in November
Those who have watched the trailer of Ang Lee’s forthcoming release Life of Pi will swear by the visual delight the Oscar-winning director has promised to dish out in his fascinating directorial venture.
Starring Delhi lad Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi is the visually
stunning tale of a boy who is adrift at sea in a lifeboat with a Bengal
tiger for company after his family is drowned in a shipwreck. The film
has been extensively shot in Puducherry and Munnar. It is scheduled to
hit theatres on November 23 in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
Powerful actors like Irrfan Khan, Tabu,
Adil Hussain, Gerard Depardieu and Rafe Spall will be seen in this
fantasy film. The 58-year-old director wants to use much time as
possible to spread the word about his project, since he won’t be
attending the lavish premiere of the film in Goa.
The movie is based on Canadian author Yann Martel’s Booker
Prize-winning 2001 novel of the same name. A little birdie informs us
that Lee has reversed the promotional strategy for India and will go to
other countries from here, rather than the other way around.
Lee, who shot the film at Puducherry and Munnar, will visit Mumbai and Chennai along with co-producer David Lee and actors - debutante Suraj Sharma, Tabu and Irrfan Khan - to promote the movie.
Ang Lee in any way different from the other directors He has a great mix of both the East and the West
Describing it as one of the “hardest” films that took him four stressful years to complete, Lee told a press conference in Mumbai on Monday that “this was a profound journey and posed the biggest challenge of sharing the wisdom of the story and contents that bring meaning to life.” He also admitted that such films were helping change perceptions about Indians and Asians in mainstream Hollywood. The all-Indian cast of well-known actors Irfan Khan and Tabu and his choice of the young lead actor Suraj Sharma as Pi “was a brilliant one”.
After screening 3,000 young actors and narrowing them down to 12, Sharma, 19, was finally selected. One of the first questions that was asked , “How long can you hold your breath underwater?” since the film shows the boy’s survival in the ocean after a shipwreck. Working with Sharma, whose “face is pure and innocent,” was the most rewarding experience Lee had with any actor, .He thanked the animators for doing an outstanding job on the tiger. “I didn’t know whether it will work but I must say it’s working.” Shot in scenic Munnar and the once-French territory of Pondicherry where Pi grew up, the adventure film has Lee’s signature dramatic visuals and great storytelling. Journalists at the press meet got a chance to see 20 minutes of the film.
Life of Pi will have its world premiere on the first day of the 43rd International Film Festival of India in Goa, November 20. The film will be released across India in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu three days later. It releases in the UAE on December 20.
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