Oscars 2017: 'Lion’ Star Sunny Pawar Had An Absolute Ball At His First Academy Awards

He's the winner of our highly-coveted Best Guest accolade.
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It takes a lot to steal the show at the Oscars, but there was early winner for our highly-coveted Best Guest Award at the 2017 ceremony: Lion’s Sunny Pawar.

The child star stunned audiences in the film, which earned multiple Oscar nominations, and when he arrived at the annual event, he didn’t waste anytime in getting the fun started.

First up, he greeted Andrew Garfield:

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Then Chrissy Teigen:

chrissy teigen hugging sunny pawar awwww :') #oscars pic.twitter.com/AOvDGqAstS

— may (@kingsgoId) February 27, 2017

.@chrissyteigen meeting Sunny Pawar is all of us. 😂

— Maggie (@MaggieRolicheck) February 27, 2017

Before striking a pose:

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Before giving some interviews:

VIDEO: USA TODAY's Andrea Mandell chats with 8-year-old Sunny Pawar on the #Oscars red carpet. pic.twitter.com/4CmZGBdu1a

— azcentral (@azcentral) February 27, 2017

Sunny does not speak English, and learnt his ‘Lion’ lines phonetically.

Then, inside the theatre, he took his seat just behind Scarlett Johansson and Denzel Washington:

screams this pic was already so great and then i saw little sunny pawar back there oansksns pic.twitter.com/VyyypqfBmC

— if you need me (@chnkais) February 27, 2017

There are no words for this level of cuteness.

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