Mumbai, Jan 7 (IANS) Filmmaker Karan Johar says he cried his heart out after watching Nicole Kidman starrer Lion.
Lion, which features an international cast led by Rooney Mara and British actor of Indian origin Dev Patel, apart from Indian actors like Deepti Naval, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Priyanka Bose and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, is a heart-wrenching true story of a couple who adopt a lost Indian boy – Saroo Brierley, and help him find his birth mother.
Karan also hailed Dev Patel for portraying the role with conviction. Talking about the movie Karan Johar on Friday tweeted: “Cried my heart out in LION… and absolutely loved Dev Patel… sad and cathartic….but so magical in many moments.”
The movie is based on non-fiction book “A Long Way Home” by Brierley. Releasing in India on February 24, 2017, Lion has been shot in Kolkata as well as in Australia. On the work front, Karan Johar is in the news for his film with superstars Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan.
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