Khan played Dr. Rajit Ratha in "The Amazing Spider-Man" in 2012. He played the adult version of Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel in Ang Lee's film adaptation of "Life of Pi", which became a critical and commercial success worldwide. His lead role in "Paan Singh Tomar" (2012), as the eponymous real-life athlete turned dacoit, won him the National Film Award for Best Actor. In 2013, he starred in "The Lunchbox", which won the Grand Rail d'Or at Cannes Film Festival and received a BAFTA nomination, and became his highest-grossing Hindi film to date.