In 2016, 'Lion' which is a biographical film directed by Garth Davis, co-starring Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara, is a pivotal character named 'Saroo Brierley that he earned to impersonate. The film is based on the non-fictional novel, 'A Long Way Home' written by Brierley.
He went through excruciating long hours of rehearsals and takes to destroy a simple image that he stood to have to prove he is completely potent of carrying out a lead as an emotionally invested personality. To convince Davis, who put Patel in for a 7 hour long audition, which unlike the standard auditioning that lasts for anywhere from couple of minutes to an hour tops, was what it took to finally to get the role.