Exclusive: Special screening of Oscar nominated Lion for Irrfan Khan

Lion has managed to snag six nominations in the race for the Oscars, including one for Best Picture and one for Best Supporting Actor. Recently, the movie was specially screened in Mumbai, and many Bollywood personalities and dignitaries attended the do. The movie was well received and was highly appreciated by the film fraternity, who spoke well about the well-crafted characters by Garth Davis.

However, one person who missed out on this special screening was Irrfan Khan. The actor could not make it to the event since he’s busy shooting in Rajasthan for his untitled movie with Tanuja Chandra. However, word is that Garth will have a special screening for the actor. “Garth will hold a special screening of Lion, only for Irrfan in Rajasthan, where the actor is to continue shooting for a couple of weeks more. Amidst the shoot, Irrfan will be part of this special screening, for which preparations are on.”