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The elephants in my backyard : a memoir / Rajiv Surendra. by Surendra, Rajiv. Random House Canada, 2016. Call #: 791.43028 S961e Subjects Surendra, Rajiv.   Martel, Yann. Life of Pi -- Film adaptations.   Motion picture actors and actresses -- Canada -- Biography   Television actors and actresses -- Canada -- Biography   East Indian Canadians -- Biography. ISBN:  9780345816801 (pbk.) Description:  267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary:  "In 2003, Rajiv Surendra was acting in Mean Girls, playing the beloved rapping mathlete Kevin Gnapoor, when a cameraman on set gave him a copy of Life of Pi, inadvertently changing the course of his life. Rajiv dove into the novel, mesmerized by all the similarities between Pi and himself - they are both five-foot-five, with coffee-colored complexions; both share a South Indian culture; Pi lives in a zoo, and Rajiv grew up in Scarborough, Ontario, right beside the Toronto Zoo. When Rajiv learns that Life of Pi will be made into a motion picture, he is convinced Pi is the role he is destined to play. To land the role he knows he must embody the spirit of the sixteen-year-old Tamil schoolboy. In a great leap of faith, he quits university and buys a one-way ticket to India. Thus begins his enchanting and bumpy years-long journey from Toronto to the sacred stone temples of South India and the actual private school in Pondicherry that the fictional Pi attended, to rural Maine where Rajiv befriends a real-life castaway, and culminating in the most unexpected of places - the cobbled streets of Munich. An inspiring tale of taking risks and following one's dreams, of process and determination, and looking back on one's endeavors - be they successes or colossal defeats - with new appreciation and meaning. Born and raised in Toronto, Rajiv Surendra is a film and television actor and son of Tamil immigrants. Although Rajiv is best known for playing Kevin Gnapoor in the film Mean Girls, he is also a professional calligrapher, potter, painter and writer."--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Autobiographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Biography 791.43028 S961e Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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