The True Story Behind 'Lion' : How Lost Child Saroo Brierley Found His Birth Mother More Than 20 Years Later. Twenty-five years after he was separated from his Indian family, ...

Lion is the fictional version of the story laid out in Saroo’s real-life memoir, A Long Way Home, that details his search for, and eventual reunion with, his own long-lost birth mother.

Editor's note: Four years before the movie "Lion" was released, two Associated Press reporters told the story of Saroo Brierley's complicated reunion with his mother, Fatima Munshi.

Following the incredible, if bittersweet, reunion with his family, Saroo’s story became a media sensation. He wrote a book, which has become the source of the Bafta-nominated film Lion, starring Dev ...

Lion: The extraordinary true story of a boy who took 25 YEARS to find home SAROO Brierley was only five when he woke to find himself trapped on an empty train hurtling across of India.

Saroo Brierley’s search for his birth mother is a story about unwavering determination against incredible odds, the strength of the human spirit and one man’s faith in the capabilities of ...

Lion is based on a true, incredible story As the film opens, tiny Saroo (the outstanding Sunny Pawar ) lives with his beloved mother, younger sister, and older brother Guddu ( Abhishek Bharate ...

Lion tells Saroo Brierley’s story with respect and tenderness. WHEN Saroo was five, he fell asleep on a train and ended up lost. 30 years later, his incredible tale is a new movie starring Dev ...

Based on Saroo Brierley’s incredible true story as captured in his memoir, A Long Way Home, Lion follows 5-year-old Saroo, who is separated from his family in India.

One of the pictures with the strongest odds of an Oscar nod for Best Picture is Lion. The true story of Saroo Brierley's search for the home he lost as a child in India, Lion features excellent ...

And for the record, Lion isn't Fraser's only work worthy of an Oscar nomination this year -- his cinematography in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story made it the most beautifully filmed entry in that ...