After playing Jamal Malik in Oscar winning 'Slum dog Millionaire' and, Srinivasa Ramanujam in 'The Man Who Knew Infinity', Dev Patel's next role will be Saroo Brierley, an Indian-born Australian businessman who was separated from his mother and found her after 25 years of separation using Google Earth. Directed by Garth Davis and based on Brierley's biographical book 'The Long Way Home,' the cast of the film includes Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Nawazuddin Siddique, Priyanka Bose, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Deepti Naval. The film is set to hit the screens on 19 January next year.