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Saroo Brierley

Saroo Brierley

The inspiration for the film "Lion". A remarkable and touching story of survival and sheer determination.

Category
Type
Keynote speaker
Employability
Keynote speaker
Theme
Self-knowledge, Self-determination, Faith, Believing in the impossible, Inspiration
Languages spoken
English
Travels from
India

Timeline

  • 2016
  • World Release of “Lion”, the film inspired by my autobiography, nominated to six Oscars and four Golden Globe awards
  • 2013
  • Having my biography published and translated into several languages
  • 2012
  • Finding my biological mother using Google earth after 25 years apart

Biography

Aged five, Saroo got lost in a train station near his home town in India. Desperately looking for his older brother, he ended up boarding a train destination unknown, only to find himself in Calcutta after a two-day non-stop trip. For two months, he survived and begged in the streets of the city, before being adopted to Australian parents. 25 years after that, he still couldn´t forget his past and the family he had left behind. His is a self-determination and inspiring story about how he managed to find his biological family and his first trip back to India, after the search of a lifetime. 

His story got adapted to the big screen in the 2016 drama film "Lion", based on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley.

Employability

Keynote speaker

Speaker

Topics:

“Miracles are possible”

“Believe in the unexpected”

“One man´s self-determination can change the course of a lifetime”

Reviews:

Performed for Google, Telstra, Goldman Sachs, Gartner, IBM and others

Literature

Topics

Self-knowledge
Self-determination
Faith
Believing in the impossible
Inspiration

Video