Lion significantly talks about child adoption: Priyanka Bose

Mumbai Feb 25 (IANS) Actress Priyanka Bose who plays a pivotal role in Oscar nominated film Lion says that the movie talks about an important social cause like child adoption and universal language of giving.

I think it is very interesting how Lion talks about child adoption significantly along with the universal language of giving. Let us face it we are not social givers we always give anything or help people because our religion say so…but not from within Priyanka told IANS.

Yes as a nation we are doing well but there are lots of mouths to feed and I hope we all can find voice for them she added

The film is based on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley from his real life account the story of film Lion weaved around a little boy who unfortunately get separated from his real family gets adopted by an Australian family and how he comes back to his root.

The film which is directed by Garth Davis also stars actor Dev Patel Nicole Kidman Deepti Naval Tannishtha Chatterjee Nawazuddin Siddiqui. She praised Davis and said that he casts actors based on their spirit and that is very impressionable.

I never doubted the fact that I can manage the portrayal of the character correct because Garth had a trust on that. He is such an amazing director to work with who helped me to internalise the character its different emotional graph the struggle triumph everything perfectly she said.

Lion is releasing in India on February 24.

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