It wasn't just Meryl Streep who garnered attention for her powerful speech at the Golden Globes this year. Eight year old Sunny Pawar became the talk of the town when he appeared on stage with co-star Dev Patel at the Golden Globes to introduce their movie 'Lion'. When asked, Pawar, who plays the younger Saroo Brierly in the movie, how many interviews he does in a day, he said, "I don't know. I lost count. I get quite tired." It has been a roller coaster ride for him, meeting celebrities and famous people like the Obamas, Stephen Colbert, and several popular American icons.
Living in a slums in Mumbai, Pawar was picked out of 2,000 children who auditioned for the role. When asked about the shoot that mainly took place in India and Australia, he said, "We roamed around a lot. I really liked Australia. It was fun to feed the kangaroos and play cricket with Nicole." Only fluent in Marathi and Hindi, he said he "used to memorise my lines. It took a lot of hard work."
'Lion' is a movie adaptation from book 'A Long Way Home.' The story revolves around a five year old who gets lost on a train that takes him thousands of miles across India, away from home and family. He ultimately gets adopted by an Australian couple, however, 25 years later, with the help of Google Earth, he sets out to find his lost family and returns to his first home.
