![]() What is revealed is that Mantosh, as an adult, stays away from the family and from family events. I was disappointed that Mantosh’s autism is never revealed clearly, meaning that viewers who do not know, as I do, how to recognise an autistic meltdown, will never pick up on this significant detail. Viewers see him having two meltdowns, one in his early childhood, soon after he arrives in Australia, and another during a family dinner when the brothers are young adults. However, his disability is never revealed clearly in the film. That was that I realised almost immediately that Saroo Brierley’s adopted brother, Mantosh Brierley, has autism. However, there was one aspect of the film that disappointed me, personally, as a disabled person. Even though I’ve found her, that doesn’t change who you are.” I think this moment can provide hope to anyone who has an adopted child, or anyone who may be considering adopting a child, about how that child may see them as an adult. The most moving moment of the movie, for me, was when Saroo phones the Brierleys from India and says “She understands that you are my family. She is, naturally, thrilled to see him, but for me, that was not the most moving moment of the movie. Saroo’s search for his birth mother is eventually successful. I saw this as proof of something I have always believed- that the Internet, used in the right way, is an extremely positive tool. He carries out this search using Google Earth. What follows is a search for his home and birth family that, eventually, takes over his present life. Twenty years later, as an adult, Saroo suddenly remembers the true story of his life. He grows up in Tasmania, Australia, with them and his brother, Mantosh, also adopted from India. Sue Brierley (Nicole Kidman) and her husband John (David Wenham) adopt the young Saroo from an orphanage in Calcutta. These days, long time fans would hardly recognise him- but his abilities as an actor are as clear as ever. He stars in the funniest moment of the whole film as, when asked what his mother’s name is, he responds “mother!”īritish actor Dev Patel, who plays the adult Saroo, has, much like his character, come a long way since his first role on Channel 4’s teen drama Skins. Sunny Pawar is brilliant as the young Saroo. ![]() Set mostly in India and partly in Australia, it has striking similarities to the fictional Bollywood movie Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015). ![]() At its heart, it is the story of a lost child’s search for his home and family. Garth Davis’ Lion is based on the incredible true story of Australian businessman Saroo Brierley. ![]()
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