Eight-year-old Sunny Pawar and Jimmy Kimmel re-enact scene from The Lion King

Sunny Pawar arrives at the 48th annual NAACP Image Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 11 in Pasadena, California. (Photo | AP)

Hailee Steinfeld, Sunny Pawar and Dev Patel arrive at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo | AP)

Dev Patel, left, buttons the jacket of his co-star Sunny Pawar at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo | AP)

Janelle Monae, shakes hands with 'Lion' actor Sunny Pawar as 'Moonlight' director Barry Jenkins, looks on at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo | AP)

Host Jimmy Kimmel, raises Sunny Pawar at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo | AP)

Host Jimmy Kimmel, raises Sunny Pawar in the air at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo | AP)