Lion - A Message of Love and Gratitude
Saroo Brierley: [on phone]
Hi, Mum. I know you’ll be sound asleep. I just want to say that I’m safe. I’m safe, and the questions have been answered. There are no more dead ends. I’ve found my mother, and… she thanks you both for raising me. She understands that you’re my family. She’s… …happy just knowing I’m alive. I’ve found her, but that doesn’t change who you are. I love you, Mum, so much. And you, Dad. And Mantosh.
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Lion - A Family Faces Loss and Longing
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Lion - Feeling Lost in a Familiar Place
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Lion - Adoption and the Weight of the Past
Saroo Brierley:
I'm sorry you couldn't have your own kids.
Sue Brierley:
What are you saying?
Saroo Brierley:
We... we... weren't blank pages, were we? Like your own would have been. You weren't just adopting us but our past as well. I feel like we're killing you.
Sue Brierley:
I could have had kids.
Saroo Brierley:
What?
Sue Brierley: [pause; pause]
We chose not to have kids. We wanted the two of you. That's what we wanted. We wanted the two of you in our lives. That's what we chose. That's one of the reasons I fell in love with your dad. Because we both felt as if... the world has enough people in it. Have a child, couldn't guarantee it will make anything better. But to take a child that's suffering like you boys were. Give you a chance in the world. That's something.
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Lion - A Message of Love and Gratitude
Saroo Brierley: [on phone]
Hi, Mum. I know you’ll be sound asleep. I just want to say that I’m safe. I’m safe, and the questions have been answered. There are no more dead ends. I’ve found my mother, and… she thanks you both for raising me. She understands that you’re my family. She’s… …happy just knowing I’m alive. I’ve found her, but that doesn’t change who you are. I love you, Mum, so much. And you, Dad. And Mantosh.
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Lion - Searching for a Lost Brother
Saroo Brierley:
Where’s Guddu? Where is he?
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Lion - The Pain of Separation and Longing
Saroo Brierley:
Do you have any idea what it's like knowing my real brother and mother spending every day of their lives looking for me? Huh? How every day my real brother screams my name? Can you imagine the pain they must be in not knowing where I am?
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Lion - Yearning for Home and Belonging
Saroo Brierley:
I have to go home. I am lost.
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Lion - Search for Family in the Heart
Saroo Brierley: [calling out Guddu and mother in Hindi: "Guddu!" "Mum!"]
Guddu! Ammi!
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Hotel Mumbai - Observation at the Food Station
Hotel employee:
Arjun. Arjun.
Arjun:
Yes, sir?
Hotel employee:
See the English woman over there, at the food station?
Arjun:
Yes.
Hotel employee: [[beard]
She's worried about your ].
Arjun:
My beard?
Hotel employee:
Also, your turban. Hang back in the kitchen for a little bit, huh?
Arjun: [[w:Pagri (turban)|pagri; [Sikhs]
Madam, I'd... I'd like to show you something. This is my family. This is my... this is my child. It's Seva. That's my... my wife and her quite... quite awful sister. This is my... this is my ]. To us ] it is... It is sacred. It's a... It's a symbol of... honour. And courage. Since I was a small boy, I've... never gone outside without it. To do so would bring shame to my family. But while we are in this hotel, you are my guest and I am your staff, so if it would make you feel comfortable, I will take it off. Would you like that?
English woman:
No. No. I'm just scared.
Arjun:
We all are. But... to get through this we must... we must stick together, okay?
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