`Slumdog Millionaire` actor Irrfan Khan , who’s riding high on the Oscar success of the film, is up for a part in the movie version of “Life of Pi,” according to reports. Ang Lee is being lined up to adapt the novel into a Hollywood movie.The director is in talks over the adaptation of Yann Martel’s novel. The Man Booker prize-winning book tells the tale of a lone shipwreck survivor who shares his lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra, an orang-utan and a tiger.
Life of Pi is the best-selling Booker Prize winner of all time and became a global phenomenon after its 2002 win, translated into 40 languages.Following the film’s success, the Indian actor has become a hit in the international film circuit, reports Fox News.Following his league are Freida Pinto and Dev Patel, who have been offered roles in Woody Allen and M Night Shyamalan’s next fims respectively.
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