Budhia Singh – Born to Run is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographicalsports film directed by Soumendra Padhi. It is based on the life of Budhia Singh, the world's youngest marathon runner, who ran 48 marathons, when he was only five years old.[1] The film stars Manoj Bajpayee as a coach and Mayur Patole as the title character. It won the Best Children's Film award at the 63rd National Film Awards in 2016.
Director Soumendra Padhi had auditioned more than 1200 kids for the title role from different states including Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Pune, Delhi and Mumbai, before he finalized Mayur for the role.[2]
Music
The music for the film is composed by Sidhant Mathur, Ishaan Chhabra and Hitesh Sonik while the lyrics have been penned by Abhishek Dubey, Gopal Datt, Prashant Ingole and Vikrant Yadav.
