AACTA Asia International Awards: Garth Davis' 'Lion' claims 12 awards including Best Actor for child actor Sunny Pawar
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Published: Apr 16, 2018, 20:53 IST | Updated: Apr 16, 2018, 20:53 IST
The AACTA Award acknowledges the finest Asian films of the past twelve months, reflecting the popularity and importance of Asian films. 'Lion''s breakout star Sunny Pawar has won Best Child Actor Award at the seventh AACTA awards. Sunny Pawar played a nine-year-old from India, Saroo Brierley, in the movie. The leading stars in the movie were Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman. Saroo Brierley was born in India, then adopted and brought up in Australia. He used Google Earth and the power of memory to track down his Indian home and be reunited with his Indian mother and family. The film is divided into two sections: in the first where Pawar plays the young Saroo while in the second, Dev Patel is the adult.
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'Lion' movie child actor Sunny Pawar At AACTA Asia International Award
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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty - Men's doubles
P. V. Sindhu - Women's singles
Kidambi Srikanth - Men's singles
P. V. Sindhu - Women's singles
Kidambi Srikanth - Men's singles
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AACTA Asia International Award(Source: Yogen Shah)
Sunny Pawar was cast in this movie while attending Air India Model School in Mumbai and living in a modest neighborhood of Kalina, which several media outlets described as a slum. He was cast out of 2,000 other students at the age of 6.
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Anup Soni seen attending the award ceremony held in Mumbai alongwith other TV celebrities and film stars. Anup Soni is famous for presenting 'Crime Patrol', an Indian crime anthology series. He has acted in several films.
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An actor, writer and producer Vivek Vaswani also attended the prestigious ceremony. He is most noted for his works in TV including famous series 'Kabhi yeh Kabhi Voh' and 'Zabaan Sambhalke' with Pankaj Kapoor. He has also acted in several films including 'Soldier', 'Aa Ab Laut Chalen', 'Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa' and 'Josh' and more.
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AACTA Asia International Award(Source: Yogen Shah)
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi was seen congratulating the tiny actor who made India proud with his fine acting in hit film Lion. At the ceremony, she spoke about the reach of Indian cinema globally.
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