British-Indian actor Dev Patel is in Ujjain for the shoot of his next Hollywood film Lion. The Slumdog Millionaire actor will be starred opposite Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman.
According to earlier reports, the shooting for the film had already started in Kolkata during mid January. After which now Dev Patel will be shooting in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. The actor has already shot some important scenes in the city, and will be shooting at Omkareshwar railway station over the next two weeks.
The movie is The Weinstein Company’s adaptation of an incredible survival tale based on the novel “A Long Way Home,” by Saroo Brierley. The film is based on Brierley’s life who, was thrown into poverty after his father abandoned his mother and his elder brothers. Soon after which they started begging on railway station for food and money, during which Brierley was separated from his family at the age of five.
