Saroo was born as Sheru Munshi Khan in Khandwa's Ganesh Tilai neighbourhood (Madhya Pradesh). As a young boy, his father left his mother, catapulting the family into poverty. His mother worked at construction sites to support herself and her three children. She couldn't afford to send them to school, so when Saroo was 5, he along with his older brothers Guddu and Kallu, began begging at the railway station.

The Reunion

He travelled to Khandwa & after communicating with the locals and showing photographs of himself as a child (25 years ago), Saroo was led to his mother! He also reunited with his sister Shekila and brother Kallu who were doing pretty well for themselves.

Presently, Saroo lives in Hobart and is in constant touch with his family, thanks to computer technology. He hopes to buy his mother a house so that she no longer has to work as a cleaner in order to pay rent. He even penned a book about his life titled "A Long Way Home" which is being turned into a film starring Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel.