A closer look to Survival Of Fittest

Rating: 8/10 (2 December 2012)

The movie starts with incredible soothing South Indian song when credits run on screen.. This is one of those very few movies which catch your attention when credits run....
Introduction of each character makes you feel as if you are reading the story in the cinema hall itself..
Young Pi Patel curious about Christ, small dinner table chat... tells a lot about family in few minutes as Irfan Pathan - older Pi narrates his own experience to a Canadian in the kitchen.
A father teaching practical lesson to son and sudden decision of moving to Canada.... And soon teen age Pi Patel finds himself in the middle of the ocean... all alone.. well with countable 4 zoo animals... one nonetheless Richard Parker - a Bengal Tiger.
As story moves,, both Pi Patel and you realize that Richard Parker relies more on Pi for survival still Richard Parker or fear of Richard Parker is something that keeps Pi going... Sure... Isn't this how the real world works - even human to human ?
An another storm in middle of the Pacific and Pi gives up... however reaches Mexican shore...
What Pi really misses is... a good good-bye...
Whole movie every moment reminds you of Cast Away although Tom Hanks survived on an island with Wilson and Pi in middle of the Pacific with Richard Parker !
A little tech and factual goofs somewhere here and there... one is.. the way tiger pisses... Gita Patel -
Tabu's look is contemporary.. not of 60s Indian lady although we consider her as a modern lady of that period... however Pi's teenage love Anandi looks contemporary to that period..
Patels generally belong to Gujarati community in India.. however Gita Patel speaks Tamil or some other south Indian language... I have not read novel so I don't know if Gita (maybe a south Indian) is married to a Gujarati Patel.. however father speaks some south Indian language too with servant.. so that background check is open goof....
Suraj Sharma proves himself as an actor.
3D is not Avtar Class... but not bad.