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.