Its a one in a Million Stories!

Rating: 9/10 (11 March 2017)

I had only heard about Lion being nominated for Oscars and it made me curious to see the plot of the movie.
I believe one should really not read anything from the movie beforehand and enjoy it till the last scene making the story and climax exciting.
Well, the epitome of the story is that it is a real one. The movie is divided in two parts: Part I - Saroo, A 5 year old kid living with his mom, a laborer who earns livelihood by picking and sorting stones on construction sites and his elder brother. Saroo is lost in a small village in India and then he finds himself a ton miles away in Calcutta and remembers just the name of his place where he dwelled. He spends few days on the road before going to the police station when a gentleman notices that he is lost and takes him there.
Part II - A Tasmanian couple adopts Saroo and another Indian kid and they live together. After 25 years, Saroo is set out on a mission to find his real family in his hometown in India.He flies to India and finds him mom alive and living in the same vicinity. His elder brother is found out to be killed by the train at the same night when Saroo was lost.
This movie has powerful emotions to connect with the audience. The performances by Sunny Pawar, Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman is exceptional.
"Like Saroo, there are thousands of kids who are lost in India every single day. Some are forced into prostitution, while some are forced to beg. It is a real pity that kids in the age of playing and studying, have to undergo this pain and cruelty. Lion made me remember Slumdog Millionaire where kids are tortured and forced into begging business and other stuff. All this is real in India and is heart wrenching.