Lion Quotes

Little Saroo Guddoo. kya main bhee aa sakata hoon?

Guddu tum bahut chhote ho, tum yah nahin kar sakate.

Little Saroo main kuchh bhee utha sakata hoon.

Saroo Brierley 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.

Guddu Saroo! Saroo! Saroo!

Saroo Brierley Where’s Guddu? Where is he?

Saroo Brierley I have to go home. I am lost.

Intertitle Saroo Brierley made it back to Ganesh Talai on February 12, 2012. He'd been lost for over 25 years. All those years earlier, on the same night he stepped up into that empty carriage, his brother Guddu died-hit by a train not far from the platform. Saroo's mother, Kamla, has never given up hope of Saroo's return, and had never moved away. Kamla said she was surprised with thunder that her boy had come back, and that the happiness in her heart was as deep as the ocean'. Saroo learned that all those years ago, as a five-year-old, he has been mispronouncing his own name. He was Sheru', meaning... Lion

Taglines The true story of a life lost and found.

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 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.

Taglines The search begins.

Lucy Saroo? You OK?

Male Dinner Guest Saroo?

Saroo Brierley I'm not from Calcutta... I'm lost.

Saroo's mother Sheru?

Saroo Brierley Ammi?

Man Guddu is no more. He’s with god.

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?

Saroo's mother Saroo!

Saroo's mother Saroo!

Saroo's mother Saroo? Saroo!

Saroo Brierley Guddu! Ammi!

Little Saroo Help me! Guddu! Guddu! Help me! Guddu! Someone save me! Guddu! Help me! Guddu!

Saroo Brierley 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.

Swarmina Saroo. This is your mum and dad. Say hello. Hello, I'm Swarmina.