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About
Actor, entertainer, artist, and performer who is best known for his role in the blockbuster film Life of Pi. He played the role of Pi Patel at five years of age. Despite his success with the film and the movie doing well both financially and critically, he has failed to appear in any more movies.
Before Fame
The producers of the film reportedly auditioned over 3,000 boys of South Asian descent before casting him in the role.
Trivia
He has not returned to acting after his role in Life of Pi. The story is based on a popular and well-received book that details the alleged travels of a young boy with only a hungry tiger for accompaniment across an ocean. The tiger's name is Richard Parker.
Family Life
He is from India.
Associated With
He stared in Life of Pi with actor Suraj Sharma.