On Lion's opening day, the man behind the story, Saroo Brierley, has cried watching it 20 times already

By Garry Maddox
Updated January 19 2017 - 5:08pm, first published 4:49pm
Real life son and mother, Saroo and Sue Brierley, whose story is told in the film <i>Lion</i>. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Real life son and mother, Saroo and Sue Brierley, whose story is told in the film <i>Lion</i>. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Dev Patel as Saroo Brierley, obsessing searching for his birth mother using Google Earth, in <i>Lion</i>.  Photo: Mark Rogers
Dev Patel as Saroo Brierley, obsessing searching for his birth mother using Google Earth, in <i>Lion</i>. Photo: Mark Rogers
Sunny Pawar as the little boy lost in India before he was adopted in Australia.  Photo: Mark Rogers
Sunny Pawar as the little boy lost in India before he was adopted in Australia. Photo: Mark Rogers
Nicole Kidman as Sue Brierley in <i>Lion</i>. Photo: Mark Rogers
Nicole Kidman as Sue Brierley in <i>Lion</i>. Photo: Mark Rogers

Saroo Brierley has seen the film about the long struggle to track down his birth mother in India 20 times already.

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