A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
- Nominated for 6 Oscars
- 59 wins & 110 nominations total
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- (as Uday Shankar Paul)
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- TriviaTo internalize her character, Priyanka Bose went to Madhya Pradesh to meet Kamla Munshi, the mother her character was based on: "My questions were basic and just by meeting her, I could tell how hard her life has been. I got down on my knees and hugged her and thanked her for her courage." When meeting Munshi she was told that she was declared crazy by many villagers in the small town for years, as she never gave up hope that her son would return one day.
- GoofsAt 1:06:21, Saroo is seen using Samsung Galaxy S in 2008, but the model was released in 2010.
- Quotes
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.
[pause]
Sue Brierley: That's one of the reasons I fell in love with your dad.
[pause]
Sue Brierley: 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.
- Crazy creditsAfter the final credits, there's an earlier shot with the boys on the train tunnel and the credits "In loving memory of Guddu".
- Alternate versionsThe Extended Australian Edition runs approx. 12 minutes longer.
- SoundtracksAaja Nindiya Aaja Nainan Beech Sama Ja
Written by Khayyam
(Saregama India/Mushroom Music)
Performed by Lata Mangeshkar
Licensed courtesy of Saregama India
A young Indian boy leaves their village with his older brother to do some "jobs", in one of these jobs he gets lost and cannot find his way back home. Pass some years and he's adopted by a family from Australia, and when that boy becomes an adult, he starts wondering where he's actually from.
It deals with aspects of origin and identity, and that we cannot escape from who we really are.
Superb, superb acting from everyone, from the little Indian boys, specially Sunny Pawar that plays the young Sarro, to Dev Patel who has clearly matured into a top class act and is endearing and touching playing the older Saroo.
I'm certainly watching it again.
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- Also known as
- A Long Way Home
- Filming locations
- Ganesh Talai, Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India(The home of the Saroo)
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- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $51,738,905
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $123,360
- Nov 27, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $140,853,810
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1