Dev Patel overwhelmed with Oscar nomination for 'Lion'

January 24, 2017 21:59

British Indian actor Dev Patel, who received an Oscar nomination in the supporting actor category for "Lion" today, said he is feeling "overwhelmingly grateful".

The London-born actor, who shot to fame with Danny Boyle's 2009 Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire", plays an Australian-Indian who tries to find his lost family in India through the help of Google map.

"I'm sitting here with my mouth wide open figuring out how this happened. I'm feeling overwhelmingly grateful right now," Patel said following the nomination.

"Lion" is based on the real life memoir of Saroo Brierley titled 'A Long Way Home' and he took six months to prepare for the role which he believes is a career-defining part for him.

"Lion", which co-stars Nicole Kidman, is also nominated in the Best Picture category alongside awards favourite romantic musical "La La Land", "Arrival", family drama "Manchester by Sea", "Moonlight", war movie "Hacksaw Ridge", "Hidden Figures", African-American drama "Fences" and "Hell or High Water".

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