After deciding to sell their zoo in India and move to Canada Santosh and Gita Patel board a freighter with their sons and a few remaining animals. Tragedy strikes when a terrible storm sinks the ship leaving the Patels’ teenage son Pi (Suraj Sharma) as the only human survivor. However Pi is not alone; a fearsome Bengal tiger has also found refuge aboard the lifeboat. As days turn into weeks and weeks drag into months Pi and the tiger must learn to trust each other if both are to survive.