Background
Suraj Sharma was born and brought up in a Malayali family in New Delhi, India. His father, Gokul Churai, is a software engineer from Thalassery, Kerala and his mother, Shailaja, is an economist from Palakkad, Kerala.
Suraj Sharma was born and brought up in a Malayali family in New Delhi, India. His father, Gokul Churai, is a software engineer from Thalassery, Kerala and his mother, Shailaja, is an economist from Palakkad, Kerala.
He attended Sardar Patel Vidyalaya school.
Directed by Ang Lee, Life of Pi was adapted from the novel of the same name. In 2014, he portrayed Aayan Ibrahim in season 4 of the Showtime series Homeland. He has a younger brother, Sriharsh Sharma, who has also acted in two films, and a younger sister, Dhruvatara Sharma.
Sharma went through several rounds of auditions before winning the title role.
Director Ang Lee has stated that he selected Sharma primarily based on his expressive eyes and innocent appearance. According to him, Sharma had not only the emotion, but also the "look" of Pi.
His "medium complexion" and "average build" were deemed perfect for the role. Since filming Life of Pi, Sharma returned to studying philosophy at Saint Stephen"s College, Delhi of Delhi University.
He intends to continue working in filmmaking in some capacity.
He is currently undertaking a Mass Communication course at New York University. In 2014, he portrayed Aayan Ibrahim, nephew of a terrorist, in season 4 of the Showtime political thriller series Homeland. That same year, he portrayed Rinku Singh in the sports biopic Million Dollar Armenian
He then co-starred with Tony Revolori in the Indian comedy-drama Umrika, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Festival.
In 2016, he will appear in the Mongolian-American adventure drama film Burn Your Maps. He also begins filming his first Bollywood venture, Anshai Lal"s romance comedy Phillauri, co-starring Anushka Sharma and Diljit Dosanjh.
