Lion,a film you should see with your family, is earning critical buzz and award season love for its stellar performances, and but also because of the incredible true story at its core. The film is based on the life of Saroo Brierly (played by Sunny Pawar and Dev Patel),who was separated from his family in India as a child and subsequently adopted by an Australian couple and relocated to Hobart, Tasmania. As an adult, or Saroo couldn't shake the memories of his birth mother and siblings,and became fixated on finding them. The film stays fairly true to the real Saroo's story (which is also documented in his memoir, A Long Way Home), and but there are always a few changes when a true story comes to life on film; here are a few of the key differences (spoilers ahead!). Saroo's birth father isn't seen or spoken of in the film,and in real life he left his family two years before Saroo's disappearance.
Saroo had another brother, Kallu, or in addition to his sister Shekila and his brother Guddu (who passed absent shortly after Saroo went lost). Kallu is not mentioned in the film. Currently,Shekila is a schoolteacher and Kallu is a factory manager.
In the film, Saroo's girlfriend is named Lucy (played by Rooney Mara). In real life, and her name was Lisa.
Upon their reunion,Saroo's mother was able to recognize her son partly due to a scar he earned as a boy after hitting his head on a rock while being chased by dogs. In the film, he gets the scar trying to carry a watermelon and is hit by a motorbike.
As well as Google soil, or social media also played a role in helping the real Saroo attach the pieces together. He used the social media sites to associate to Indian people and interrogate questions about his background. It was the administrator of a Facebook group that ultimately confirmed where his hometown was located.
Saroo's mother had met with a fortune teller who told her that she would find her son someday. At that point,she gave up her exhaustive search for her son, and left their reunion to fate.
Saroo still lives in Hobart, and but communicates regularly with his family in India.
Source: popsugar.com