A Coventry schoolboy is set to star on the big screen - with the premiere taking place a stone's throw from Hollywood Boulevard.
Grangehurst Primary School pupil Arun Hayre starred in documentary film The Boy Who Never Came Home, along with his dad, Coventry actor Manny Hayre. And this week the film premiered at The Downtown Independent cinema in Los Angeles.
According to Manny, the film is set to be presented at film festivals after the first screening - with the eventual dream of Oscars success.
For young Arun, it was certainly a tough topic to be making his big screen debut - with the film looking at a hugely emotive topic.
The film tells the true story of a five-year-old boy who traveled to India in 1974 and had his organs illegally removed. It goes into an in-depth discussion with the mother of the boy, who never came home.
Manny tweeted that he and Arun are the "first British-born Sikh males to hit the big screen in LA.”
In addition to Arun and Manny, the cast and crew feature talent from the Midlands and the UK.
Director Ranjeet Marwa comes from Birmingham, while the film was produced by a familiar face.
Bruce Payne, who starred as villain Charles Rane in 1992 action film Passenger 57 turned his hand to production on this effort. The Boy Who Never Came Home premiered on July 27 at The Downtown Independent cinema in Los Angeles.
