Pitch after Pi: Suraj trains for home run

Rinku told The Indian Express from Florida,Suraj wanted to know all sorts of things about me,especially my life before I won the Million Dollar Arm TV show. I have seen Life of Pi,I really liked his work. Rinku,the son of a truck driver,is now a club player in Major League Baseball.

However,Rinku said laughing,if he were to pick the cast of the movie,he wouldve chosen Sylvester Stallone.

Shooting will start in May. Suraj has been taking lessons from four coaches including Dinesh Patel,who finished second in the talent hunt.

Suraj,who was picked for Pis role from 3,000 others,said he could relate to Dinesh and Rinku,others who made it big from obscurity. The fields are different,but the feeling one goes through is the same, he said.

With inputs from Wajiha Shah