Child actor Sunny Pawar, best known for his performance in the Oscar-nominated film Lion, has been chosen for the Rising Star Award here. The award will be presented to Sunny at the 7th Annual Asian Awards on Friday, the organisers announced on Wednesday. Sunny, grew up in the Mumbai slums, shot to global fame with …
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May 3, 2017Eight-year-old Lion actor Sunny Pawar, who created waves at the 89th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles with his The Lion King act, returned home to a royal welcome as he stepped out of the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Wednesday morning. Accompanied by his father Dilip Pawar — a former sweeper-turned-son's business manager — Sunny sat …
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March 1, 2017Eight-year-old Lion actor Sunny Pawar, who created waves at the 89th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles with his The Lion King act, returned home to a royal welcome as he stepped out of the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Wednesday morning. Accompanied by his father Dilip Pawar — a former sweeper-turned-son's business manager — Sunny sat …
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March 1, 2017Mumbai slumkid and "Lion" star Sunny Pawar basked in the limelight at the 89th Academy Awards ceremony where he won accolades from the audience having some of the world's greatest actors after re-enacting a scene from "The Lion King" with host Jimmy Kimmel. The seven-year-old was selected from 2,000 children across schools in India to …
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February 27, 2017