Review of Life of Pi

Life of Pi, movie is based on Man Booker- prize winning novel 'Life of Pi' by Canadian author Yann Martel. The film tells the incredible survival story of Pi, a teen stranded on a lifeboat for what seems like forever with a tiger for company at sea in the Pacific Ocean.

Starting out with the older Pi (Irrfan Khan) recounting his unbelievable life story to an author ( Rafe Spall), we travel down memory lane and are briefly introduced to Pi's childhood in picturesque Puducherry (Pondicherry), his family-owned zoo and his faith in God and religion.

The movie starts as a family heads to Canada for better life while natural calamity stikes leaving Pi the only human survivor with a full-grown fierce Bengal tiger for company on a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Then the movie continue with the adventure and journey of duo.

Oscar winner Ang Lee delivers a stunning masterpiece, defying the age-old belief that a film can seldom be as good as the book it's been adapted from. Spectacular 3D and computer-generated imagery make the film a monumental work of art. Lee's cinematic adaptation offers the story deeper meaning, while at the same time, mesmerising the viewer with its visual excellence.