Patel has won the National Award for Best Child Artiste for his heartfelt and determined portrayal of a 12-year old boy named Municipality Ghatkopar. While on the run from the reformatory, he finds and saves a two day old abandoned child from being prey to a ferocious dog. Failing to find any takers among the people he deemed responsible and respectable, Municipality takes up the onus of finding the child's mother himself. Here onwards ensues his struggle in the urban jungle of Mumbai with just four of his friends from the streets.
Patel got the role because his uncle, Irfan Kamal, has directed the film. The movie has been rated ‘A’ so he will not be able to see it at the cinema with his friends. Patel is a school-going boy who resides with his family in Andheri, suburban Mumbai. He could not believe he had won the National Award because he suffers from stage fright and he had never faced the camera before Thanks Maa. He was chosen from among 50 kids because everybody liked his audition. Patel wants to be famous and do a film with Salman Khan. He was offered a foreign-film but his mother turned it down. He would love to sing and dance in his future films.
