Samir Sarkar, film producer who was involved as production consultant, and Sunayana Panda of the Pondicherry Book Club discussed how the Life of Pi film held up to the book, both partly set in this city. Though the reference point was Ang Lee’s 2012 recreation of Yann Martel’s book, Life of Pi – with either of the genre having deep connections to the city – the discussions got a new-found relevance with the buzz around Ponniyin Selvan I and II, filmmaker Maniratnam’s two-part adaptation of the eponymous novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy.
Cinephiles and literature lovers recently gathered for a conversation on the word-to-visual transitioning process when novels are adapted to big screen.
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