His new facial creases showed it: a lifetime had passed since spring for Lee "Saroo" Jong-won. Three months ago, the young coach was walking on water. His first split with MVP was a fairy tale. Under ...

Saroo Brierley is a 36-year-old man with a powerful story of loss and love. As a 5-year-old child in India, he became impossibly lost in Calcutta, a sprawling, chaotic city of 14 million people. He ...

In this year's Oscar Best Picture race, there's a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, a romance-filled musical, and an eerie sci-fi thriller, among others. Yet while all the nominated films are ...

From the streets of India to the Oscars Red Carpet. “We’re collectively amazed,” he says during the E! red carpet show. “We never thought something like this would ever come around, so we’re just over ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Stephanie Merry, The Washington Post “Lion” is based on one of those stories that’s almost too incredible to be true. As a young boy growing up in a poor ...

FILE -In this May 10, 2012 file photo, Fatima Munshi, mother of Saroo, holds up a photo from their reunion in February 2012 at her home in Khandwa, India. Living in Australia, Saroo Brierley, 30, was ...

Mumbai: India-born Australian businessman Saroo Brierley, on whose life Oscar nominated movie Lion is made, says superstar Shah Rukh Khan would be the apt choice if ever a Bollywood movie is made on ...

“Lion” is up for six Academy Awards, including nominations for best picture, adapted screenplay and supporting actor for stars Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman. But the film wouldn’t have existed without ...

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What’s Good: An emotionally binding tale clubbed with powerful performances keeps you hooked all through. What’s Bad: The story drags in the second half once Saroo’s Google Earth search begins. Lion ...

The real mother and son from ‘Lion’ take us inside the year’s most moving Best Picture nominee. Warning: Contains spoilers. Senior Editor Saroo Brierley may be the subject of the Best Picture nominee ...