Visually sumptuous! Visually magnificent! Visually stunning! Visually Enchanting! Visually Captivating!

Rating: 8/10 (29 November 2012)

Could not think of anymore words to express the visual treat I had by watching this film. Made from the house of the Academy award winning Director Ang Lee the movie meets the expectations when watched in 3D (I treated myself in "IMAX" Hyderabad). This is a fantasy story about a boy's journey who survives a ship wreck, along with a strange companion. The whole way the story has been taken like a narration by the hero makes us feel as if we are reading a novel. "Vazhga Tamil"(Long Live Classical Tamil)the movie started with a beautiful title score in Tamil sung Bombay Jayashree and parts of the movie even has Tamil dialogs. (Great go Tamil on world stage Thanks to the director for setting up the story on Tamil base) Coming to the casting Suraj Sharma plays the lead character Pi and done it picture perfect may it be his expressions, body language and his physique change as day's passes for him on starvation. Well done! The director has got most out of him in his first movie. The next important lead is the crouching Bengal tiger named Richard Parker simply superb creation. Coming to most seen names in the promotions of the movie i.e. Tabu and Irfan. Irfan plays the adult Pi and narrates us the story and Tabu as Pi's mother comes in an extended cameo role. The whole movie can be enjoyed with the family in good theaters and only in 3D because 2D would not be as satisfying as this movie is meant for that technology. Verdict: A true 3D visual extravaganza of the year. A Must watch entertainer.
-Reviewed by Sivakumar Balachandran(bsiva84@gmail.com)