Priya Gupta (BOMBAY TIMES; February 12, 2014)

Post Life Of Pi, Suraj Sharma’s career was closely followed internationally. The young boy has finished Million Dollar Arm, which is slated for release soon. We have now learnt that Ang Lee’s discovered star, post Million Dollar Arm, will be seen in a Hindi film titled Umrika.

When a young Indian village boy discovers his brother, long believed to be in Umrika, has actually gone missing, he begins to invent letters on his behalf to save his mother from heartbreak, all the while searching for him. Umrika is a heart-warming look at the mythology and lure of the American dream, as well as the plight of the many who seek it illegally. 

Umrika, a global film that will also be subtitled in English, is being produced by Swati Shetty and has Suraj Sharma along with Tony Revolori (lead actor in Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel) as its leads along with actors Prateik and Adil Hussain in the film.