A Journey of Loss and Discovery
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The true story of a life lost and found.
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The Journey of Discovery Begins
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The search begins.
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A Journey Home: Saroo's Remarkable Reunion
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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
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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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A Family Faces Loss and Longing
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A Mother's Call for Her Son
Saroo's mother:
Saroo!
Saroo's mother:
Saroo!
Saroo's mother:
Saroo? Saroo!
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Feeling Lost in a Familiar Place
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A Character Calls Out for Someone
Guddu: [dog barks distant]
Saroo! Saroo! Saroo!
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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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Swarmina Introduces Saroo to His Parents
Swarmina: [?; in English]
Saroo. This is your mum and dad. Say hello. Hello, I'm Swarmina.
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Desperation in a Time of Need
Little Saroo: [speaking Hindi]
Help me! Guddu! Guddu! Help me! Guddu! Someone save me! Guddu! Help me! Guddu!
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A Young Boy's Determination to Participate
Little Saroo: [in Hindi: Guddu. Can I come too?]
Guddoo. kya main bhee aa sakata hoon?
Guddu: [You're too small, You can't do this.]
tum bahut chhote ho, tum yah nahin kar sakate.
Little Saroo: [I can lift anything.]
main kuchh bhee utha sakata hoon.
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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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Searching for a Lost Brother
Saroo Brierley:
Where’s Guddu? Where is he?
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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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Yearning for Home and Belonging
Saroo Brierley:
I have to go home. I am lost.
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Search for Family in the Heart
Saroo Brierley: [calling out Guddu and mother in Hindi: "Guddu!" "Mum!"]
Guddu! Ammi!
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