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Summary Irfan says he loves the romantic genre on screen, though he has rarely played a lover boy on screen.
I love to romance on screen. I did Yeh Saali Zindagi and Maqbool. I love to do romantic roles but I need to get a script which convinces me. I cant fake myself in romance, said versatile actor Irrfan.The actor will now be seen in Oscar-winning filmmaker Ang Lees latest movie Life Of Pi, an adaptation of an eponymous novel by Yann Martel.Irrfan says he had to capture Lees vision to play the elder Pi in the film, instead of adapting the character from the book.That was Yanns version and this is Angs version. I was only concerned about Angs version. This is cinema and that was book. I have to understand what Pi is from Angs vision as he is telling the story and I am part of that. I am not part of Yanns part of the story, he said.The movie narrates the tale of a young boy named Pi, who is the only person to survive the sinking of a cargo ship. He finds himself on a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a Bengal tiger.This subject is very tough to be converted into film. It deals with so many issues. Its almost impossible to shoot a tiger, boy and a boat in sea, its an immense challenge, said Irrfan.The movie is shot in 3D, and the actor hopes it takes the format to a next level.This is one of the films where you can see never-seen-before 3D in your life. 3D is a new medium and it needs exploration. Ang has taken 3D to the next level. I am just not talking about the effects, he has used 3D in a very poetic way. He has used it delicately, the 45-year-old said.
