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 New Delhi: He may have started his cinematic journey as an actor but Suraj Sharma says he is keen to follow his 'Life of Pi' helmer Ang Lee into filmmaking. Suraj was 17 when he was selected by Lee out of 3000 hopefuls to play Pi, a young Indian boy lost in the ocean for months with a Bengal tiger. He turned 20 yesterday and with the experience of making the mega movie behind him, Suraj says he feels old. "Life has changed completely after 'Life Of Pi'. I have changed completely as a person. I have become older and more aware about the world," Suraj told PTI after attending a special screening of the movie, which was organised by Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre in India (TECC) to celebrate its Oscar success. "Finally, I have a vague ambition of filmmaking. It's really interesting to see how things are going. It's a new kind of beginning in many ways with many Bollywood and Hollywood projects in my hands. I am yet to put my signatur...

With a little over a week to go for the 85th Annual Academy Awards, I thought it'd be fun to put together a formbook of the 9 films in the running for the biggest award of all. This isn't based on how good the films are (though the accompanying text should indeed make my opinion on each contender unambiguously clear) but on how good their chances look to lift the Best Picture trophy. Hooper isn't nominated for Best Director, the film has earned very mixed reviews (which means some real stinkers) and, most vitally, Hooper's The King's Speech robbed The Social Network of this Oscar a couple of years ago. Nope, this one's not happening. It's hard not to admire Ang Lee, a wonderfully sensitive filmmaker with an incredibly diverse range. Lee does beautiful things in 3D with this film, most of them involving a majestic tiger, but there's a bit too much heavyhanded preachiness afoot. It's a helluva spectacle, make no mistake, but it really isn...