<P> Saroo returns to his hometown , where he has an emotional reunion with his biological mother and sister , but learns that Guddu is dead . Guddu was killed by a train the same night that they went to the station as children . Saroo 's mother never gave up hope and believed that one day her missing son would return , and never moved away from the village . The film ends with captions about the real Saroo 's return to India in February 2012 . Photos of the real Australian family are shown , as well as a video of Saroo and Sue meeting his biological mother in India , who deeply appreciates Sue 's care for her son . Saroo later learned that he had been mispronouncing his own name , which was actually Sheru , a diminutive for Sher ( Hindi : शेर , Persian : شیر ‎ ‎ ) , a Hindi word of Persian origin meaning `` lion '' . </P>
<P> Saroo returns to his hometown , where he has an emotional reunion with his biological mother and sister , but learns that Guddu is dead . Guddu was killed by a train the same night that they went to the station as children . Saroo 's mother never gave up hope and believed that one day her missing son would return , and never moved away from the village . The film ends with captions about the real Saroo 's return to India in February 2012 . Photos of the real Australian family are shown , as well as a video of Saroo and Sue meeting his biological mother in India , who deeply appreciates Sue 's care for her son . Saroo later learned that he had been mispronouncing his own name , which was actually Sheru , a diminutive for Sher ( Hindi : शेर , Persian : شیر ‎ ‎ ) , a Hindi word of Persian origin meaning `` lion '' . </P>
where does the movie lion get its name
where does the movie lion get its name
his own name Sheru , a diminutive for Sher ( Hindi : शेर , Persian : شیر ‎ ‎ ) , a Hindi word of Persian origin meaning `` lion ''
his own name Sheru , a diminutive for Sher ( Hindi : शेर , Persian : شیر ‎ ‎ ) , a Hindi word of Persian origin meaning `` lion ''