Explore more on Dev Patel. Dev Patel and Sunny Pawar play the character Saroo in "Lion" at different ages. Find Dev Patel Latest News, Videos & Pictures on Dev Patel and see latest updates, news, information from NDTV.COM. Sunny played an important role in a Hollywood movie, ‘Lion’ along with Dev Patel and Rooney Mara in 2016. To be selected in Audition, he beat out about 2000 boys. Sunny Pawar landed a role playing a young version of Dev Patel's character, who he is pictured with at the Golden Globes Credit: Getty Images And … Eight-year-old Pawar appeared onstage to present an award with his co-star Dev Patel. At just eight-years-old, Sunny Pawar shared the … Oscars 2017: Dev Patel attends Oscars with mother, thanks Lion child star Sunny Pawar, see pics; Oscars 2017: Dev Patel attends Oscars with mother, thanks Lion child star Sunny Pawar, see pics Oscars 2017: Dev Patel lost the best supporting actor Academy Award to Moonlight star Mahershala Ali. Sunny Pawar is Indian Child, lives in a slum in Mumbai, India. He turned up in recent Oscar Award Ceremony in 2017. Patel used the youngsters scenes as Saroo's memories. ... Two actors, one role — but little Sunny Pawar … On Sunday the biopic starring Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara sold more than 101,000 tickets from 7,200 screenings, pocketing $460,000, at an average ticket price of $4.57. Lion star Sunny Pawar wins the West with his innocence and swag - watch videos. But to be fair, Dev Patel and everyone else in the film – which includes Nicole Kidman as Saroo’s adoptive mother and Rooney Mara as his supportive girlfriend – are completely overshadowed by Sunny Pawar, the child actor who plays the young Saroo. Dev Patel has revealed the love he and his Lion co-stars developed for the youngest member of the cast. ... Oscars 2017: Sunny Pawar… That brings the worldwide total for the See-Saw Films production to more than $140 million, of which $51.7 million came from the Us.