According to 'The Newsroom' actor, he did it as tribute to his motherIndian-origin British actor Dev Patel says he wanted to do Lion for his mother as she is the biggest influence in his life. Patel, who made his foray into films with 2008's Slumdog Millionaire, stars as an older Saroo, who gets adopted by a woman in Australia. The 26-year-old actor said that his mother was the reason he took the role in the Weinstein Co. production, for which he spent eight months preparing. "You have these two wonderful beacons: his Australian mother and his Indian mother. In Lion, the actor's on-screen adoptive mother is played by Nicole Kidman, and his Indian mother is played by Priyanka Bose.

Source: dna November 26, 2016 06:51 UTC