After rocking the Oscars ceremony with his “Lion King’ moment and gracing the Academy Awards ceremony’s Red Carpet, Sunny Pawar is back home in Mumbai.
Sunny, the eight-year-old ‘Lion’ star was given a rousing welcome at the Chhattrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai.
Later, he was also felicitated by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s family.
The boy rose from a suburban slum in the city, to global fame overnight with his Oscar-nominated film ‘’ Lion’ which had won six nominations but no awards at the 89th Academy.
He played the role of young Saroo Brierley in the Garth Davis-directed movie based on the true story.
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