Actor
Irrfan
Khan's
seven-year-old
son
Ayan
has
taken
his
first
step
into
the
spotlight,
making
a
cameo
appearance
in
the
Hollywood
film
Life
Of
Pi,
but
his
father
insists
he
is
not
eager
to
push
him
into
films.
The
actor,
who
stars
along
side
Tabu
in
the
Ang
Lee-directed
3D
film,
says
this
is
not
the
age
for
his
son
to
act.
"He
is
just
doing
a
friendly
appearance
as
Ang
Lee
and
the
casting
director
wanted
it.
It
was
a
friendly
request
so
he
did
it.
I
thought
it
will
be
a
different
experience
for
him...
just
that.
I
am
not
eager
to
push
him
into
films," Irrfan
told
PTI
in
an
interview
here.
He
felt
that
given
Ayan's
tender
age,
this
is
not
the
right
time
for
him
to
often
face
camera
and
start
acting,
instead
he
must
explore
his
interest
across
various
fields.
"I
don't
think
he
should
get
this
kind
of
exposure
at
his
age.
It
is
not
an
age
to
face
the
hardships
you
encounter
in
cinema,
you
do
things
in
a
way
you
are
asked
to
do
it.
Like
doing
a
shot
at
3
in
the
morning...
they
are
too
young."
"It
is
time
for
exploration
and
not
to
decide
what
they
should
do.
They
should
explore
all
fields
which
interest
them,"
the
45-year-old
award
winning
actor
said.
As
a
father,
Irrfan
said
he
still
does
not
know
if
his
son
has
the
potential
for
acting.
"I
don't
know
if
there
is
any
potential
or
not
in
him
for
acting.
He
has
not
shown
interest
in
films."
Based
upon
the
best-selling
novel
by
Yann
Martel,
Life
Of
Pi
is
a
story
of
a
young
man
and
his
travails
at
sea.
The
story
revolves
around
a
teenage
boy,
who
is
forced
to
survive
on
a
lifeboat
with
a
Bengal
tiger
after
the
ship
he
was
travelling
in
sinks.
Considering
its
content
and
the
story
line,
Irrfan
feels
the
film
will
entertain
a
six-year-old
child
and
a
60-year-old
person
alike.
"My
son
is
playing
my
elder
brother
in
the
childhood
version
of
the
film.
So
when
he
grows
up
he
will
be
amused
to
see
that,"
Irrfan
said.
The
actor
said
Life
of
Pi
was
a
challenging
film,
but
audiences
from
all
age
groups
will
connect
to
it.
"A
six-year-old
child
and
a
60-year-old
person
will
relate
to
it
in
the
same
manner.
It
was
a
challenging
thing
for
the
filmmaker.
It
is
like
a
marriage
of
money
and
creativity.
The
challenge
is
to
tell
the
story
with
many
interpretations
so
that
everybody
can
connect."
In
Life
Of
Pi,
Irrfan
plays
the
role
of
the
adult
Piscine
Molitor
Patel
known
as
Pi,
while
his
adolescent
version
is
played
by
Delhi-based
19-year-old
Suraj
Sharma,
who
is
making
his
film
debut.
"The
character
that
I
play
did
not
provide
me
any
scope
for
improvisation
because
the
lines
are
literary
and
not
spoken
language.
But
I
had
to
make
it
appear
as
a
spoken
language.
Ang
Lee
has
a
particular
design
in
his
mind
because
I
am
setting
up
the
audience
in
this
particular
journey
and
concluding
it,"
Irrfan
said.
PTI