2016 | PG-13 | 1h 58m | Biography, Drama
“Lion,” which made its U.S. debut in 2017, is a deeply moving film about the trials and tribulations of a young Indian boy who gets lost, and the various challenges he faces later as he searches for his original family.
That boy is Saroo (played by Sunny Pawar as a child and Dev Patel as an adult), a spunky 5-year-old who lives in the administrative city of Khandwa, located in Western India. Although his small family is destitute, they are tight-knit and love each other dearly.
One day, Saroo’s older brother Guddu (Abhishek Bharate) takes the young lad along on a coal theft foray. The two brothers manage to make a decent haul; later, at a local market, Guddu and Saroo trade their ill-gotten gains for some food and a couple of packets of milk. They immediately rush home to not only feed themselves, but also their kind mother Kamla (Priyanka Bose), and young sister Shekila (played by Khushi Solanki and later, Rohini Kargaiya)….