The following Indian actors/actress have played the key characters of the movie-“Life of Pi”:
Suraj Sharma- As Pi 16 years
Irrfan Khan-As the Adult Pi
Tabu-As Gita Patel- Pi’s mother
Adil Hussain-As Santhosh Patel- Pi’s father.
“Life of Pi”, Produced and Directed by Ang Lee, a Taiwanese-born American Film Director, Screen-writer and Producer was nominated for the following- 11 Awards in the 85th Academy Awards:
- The Best direction- Ang Lee
- The Best original Music score-Mychael Danna
- The Best cinematography-Claudio Miranda
- The Bet visual effects-Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R Christopher
- The Best Picture-Gil Netter, Ang Lee, and David Womark
- The Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay-David Magee from Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- The Best Original Song-“Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi – Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri
- The Best Sound Editing- Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
- The Best Sound Mixing-Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill, and Drew Kunin
- The Best Production Design-David Gropman and Anna Pinnock
- The Best Film Editing- Tim Squyres
“Life of Pi”won the following 4 Awards in the 85th Academy Awards for:
The “Best Direction”-Award- Director Ang Lee
The “Best original Score”-Award-Mychael Danna
The “Best cinematography”-Award- Claudio Miranda
The “Best Visual Effects”-Award-Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R Christopher (A Team of 4 Persons)
“Life of Pi” Lost the Awards in the following 7 Nominations as detailed below:-
“Best Picture” Award:
Gil Netter, Ang Lee, and David Womark Nominated For the “Best Picture Award”– for ‘Life of Pi’, lost to the Winner of the Award -Ben Areffleck and George Clooney for the Movie- “Argo”.
“Best Writing/Adapted Screenplay”-Award:
David Magee nominated for the “Best Writing/Adapted Screenplay”– for ‘Life of Pi’, lost to the Winner of the Award -Chris Terrio for “Argo”.
“Best Music-Original Song”-Award:
Mychael Danna- for Music and Bombay Jayashri- for Lyrics of the Song -“Pi’s Lullaby” in ‘Life of Pi’ nominated for the “Best Music-Original Song”-Award- lost to the Winner of the Award- Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth for Music and Lyrics for the song- ‘Skyfall’ in the film- ‘Skyfall’.
“Best Sound Editing”- Award:
Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton nominated for the “Best Sound Editing”- Award for ‘Life of Pi’- lost to the Winner of the Award-Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers for ‘Skyfall’.
“Best Sound Mixing”-Award:
Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin nominated for the “Best Sound Mixing”-Award- for ‘Life of Pi’- lost to the Winner of the Award- Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes-for the movie- ‘Les Miserables’.
“Best Production Design”-Award:
David Gropman (Production Design) and Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) -nominated for the “Best Production Design”-Award for ‘Life of Pi’ lost to the Winners of the Award-Lincoln Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration) -for the movie– ‘Lincoln’.
“Best Film Editing”-Award:
Tim Squyres nominated for the “Best Film Editing”-Award for ‘Life of Pi’-lost to the Winner of the Award-William Goldenberg for -‘Argo.
Related Reading:
List of Nominations and Award Won By Life of Pi in 70th Golden Globe Awards-2013