43rd International Film Festival of
India, IFFI 2012, will open on November 20, with the world premiere of Academy
Award Winning Director Ang Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’. ‘Life of Pi’ which is based
on an adapted screenplay of a novel by the same name by Yann Martel, is a 3D
adventure film telling the story of a 16 year old Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi) of
Pondicherry (Puducheri), who survives a shipwreck along with animals like an
orangutan, a zebra, a hyena and a Royal Bengal Tiger. The film explores the
issues of spirituality, religion and life as a whole. Ang Lee is the director
of acclaimed films such as Sense and Sensibility (1995),
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Hulk (2003) and Brokeback
Mountain (2005).
Shankar Mohan, Festival Director of IFFI 2012 made the announcement of the opening
film in Mumbai in the presence of the Taiwanese born American Director Ang Lee
and the cast and crew of the film, that includes Tabu, Irrfan Khan and the main
lead and debutante Suraj Sharma. Shankar Mohan said “it is a great joy to open
the festival with a much awaited movie of a world renowned Director and
its India centric theme adds great significance, when we are commemorating the
‘hundred years of Indian Cinema’.” He announced that the cast and crew of
‘Life of Pi’ would be in Goa to present the film, before the delegates coming
from across the world. The 43rd IFFI 2012 will be held in Goa from
November 20 – 30, 2012,in which the eminent Polish film maker Krzysztof
Zanussi, will be conferred the Life Time Achievement Award. As part of 100
Years of Indian Cinema, a special Centenary Award will be given away during
IFFI 2012, which will be decided by an independent jury.
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