Bollywood praises ‘Budhia Singh- Born To Run’ trailer 01:01Mayur Patole now goes by the name Budhia as he is popularly called ahead of the release of his debut film 'Budhia Singh: Born To Run'. The seven-year-old plays the youngest marathon runner Budhia Singh in the latter's biopic which also stars Manoj Bajpayee as his late coach Biranchi Das. I can easily take 11-12 rounds of a playground.I auditioned for the role of Budhia Singh and got selected. Director Soumendra Padhi auditions more than 1200 kids for Budhia Singh’s role For the biopic, 'Budhia Singh - Born To Run', based on world's youngest marathon runner, Budhia Awoog Singh, director Soumendra Padhi had auditioned more than 1200 kids for the title role from different states including Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Pune and Mumbai, especially from Dharavi before he finalised Mayur for the role. Everybody called me Budhia.

Source: Times of India July 22, 2016 07:18 UTC