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Gali Guleiyan's child actor Om had been a victim of child abuse
Updated On: 30 August, 2018 08:09 AM IST | Mumbai | Sonil Dedhia
Director of Manoj Bajpayee starrer Gali Guleiyan on roping in the child actor whose role on screen was reminiscent of that off it
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Om Singh in a still from the film
Having found a place in many film festivals across the globe since its release in October 2017, debutant director Dipesh Jain's Gali Guleiyan attracted several accolades from cinephiles. But, few are aware about the daunting past of child-actor Om Singh, whose story is reminiscent of that he plays on screen, of a victim of physical abuse.
Talking about the casting for Manoj Bajpayee-starrer Gali Guleiyan, which chronicles a man's obsession to rescue a child from abuse, Jain says he auditioned 2,500 boys before zeroing in on Singh. His search ended at the Salaam Baalak Trust in Delhi, where he found the boy who turned up there after running away from home owing to physical abuse.
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