Entertainment Movies 11 Painfully Cute Pictures of Sunny Pawar at the Oscars Sunny Pawar continues his campaign of red-carpet cuteness at the 2017 Academy Awards By Alex Heigl Published on February 26, 2017 08:23 PM Share Tweet Pin Email 01 of 11 PERFECT FIT Frazer Harrison/Getty There's no doubt about it: Sunny Pawar is this year's Jacob Tremblay. The Lion star, 8, has been an unstoppable charm machine during awards show season this year, and the Oscars red carpet is no exception. From his beaming smile to his stylish sneakers, he's already standing out from the pack. 02 of 11 RIDE THE WAVES Steve Granitz/WireImage Look at that hair game. Sheer perfection. 03 of 11 PEACE OUT VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty It took us years to be able to be this confident with what to do with our hands while being photographed. 04 of 11 HIGH-WATTAGE SMILE VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty You could power a small nation with the joy radiating out of this lil' guy's face. 05 of 11 GIVE 'EM YOUR GOOD SIDE Christopher Polk/Getty Pawar was escorted on the red carpet by his dad, who did a fair bit of translating for him. 06 of 11 SNEAKING AROUND David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock "Being 8 years old" is both the perfect reasoning and the perfect time to wear bright yellow-and-green sneakers with your Academy Awards tux. 07 of 11 JUST THE TWO OF US Greg Gayne/ABC via Getty Pawar's dad, Dilip, walked the red carpet with his son. 08 of 11 FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES Christopher Polk/Getty Here he is grabbing a pic with Hacksaw Ridge nominee Andrew Garfield. 09 of 11 POWER TRIO Matt Sayles/Invision/AP Between Hailee Steinfeld, Dev Patel and Pawar, there's a whole lot to process visually here. Take your time. 10 of 11 COSTAR TO COSTAR Matt Sayles/Invision/AP Lion costars Dev Patel and Pawar share a moment on the red carpet. 11 of 11 LOOK TO THE SKY Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP One of Jimmy Kimmel's more memorable bits involved asking Pawar to replicate The Lion King's immortal opening scene with him.