Kimmel went up to the Lion actor, who has built a strong fan base for playing the child version of Saroo Brierley in the Dev Patel-starrer, and asked if he had watched the 1994 film The Lion King.
Sunny Pawar, Jimmy Kimmel enact scene from The Lion King at Oscars
Los Angeles - 27 Feb 2017 10:44 IST
Updated : 07 Mar 2017 9:39 IST
IANS
Eight-year-old Indian actor Sunny Pawar and Jimmy Kimmel, the host of the 89th Academy Awards ceremony, re-enacted the scene from the popular animated film The Lion King in Los Angeles.
Kimmel went up to the Lion actor, who has built a strong fan base for playing the child version of Saroo Brierley in the Dev Patel-starrer, and asked if he had watched the 1994 film The Lion King.
Pawar said: "Yes".
After agreeing to reenact the scene which featured baby Simba and his father Mufasa, Kimmel and Pawar recreated it in front of Hollywood stars like Nicole Kidman, Matt Damon, Denzel Washington and Emma Stone here on Sunday.
Kimmel lifted Pawar, dressed in a tuxedo, up in the air.
This is not in the first time that Pawar has attended an award ceremony in the West. He also stole the show at the 2017 Golden Globes red carpet in January.
Lion, set in India and Australia, bagged six nominations this year at the Oscars.
