This is the movie based on the book A Long Way Home.

For the most part the movies follows the story told in the book. Some of the things that happened to Saroo on the streets of Calcutta are condensed or missing completely. The movie portrayed his adopted brother as a drug addict although that isn’t anywhere in the book; in the book Mantosh has some behavioural issues but seemed to outgrow them by high school. The movie also portrayed Saroo as completely obsessed with his search. Although he admits in the book he was obsessed, he always held down a job and both he and his brother were in business with their father. Another discrepancy was a breakdown by Saroo’s adopted mother. In the book this never happened.

In spite of the differences between the book and the movie, I really enjoyed the film.