The best thing about the Oscar nominated film, “Lion”, is that it doesn’t take a shortcut to wrecking your emotions, but it doesn’t take your attention for granted either.

The film is unapologetically powerful in the scope of its story, but chooses a bare bones manner with which to transcend its message towards the audience over a two hour running time that never feels too quick or too slow.

“Lion” isn’t just a story about being lost and found, but all the emotional chaos in between and the toll it can take on several people involved in a process that can span not only years but decades. Saroo(the scene stealing Sunny Pawar) is only 5 when he is left at a train station by his brother on a night of gallivanting through a small city in India. When his sibling doesn’t return, poor Saroo is stuck on a train for two full days. (more…)