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FILE -In this May 10, 2012 file photo, Fatima Munshi collects water for domestic consumption from a community faucet outside her home in Khandwa, India. Living in Australia, Saroo Brierley, 30, was reunited with his biological mother, Munshi, in Feb. 2012, 25 years after an ill-fated train ride left him an orphan on the streets of Calcutta. Their story was the basis of the 2017 Oscar-nominated film &quot;Lion.&quot; (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

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Actors Nicole Kidman, right and Dev Patel pose for photographers in a central London hotel following a BAFTA Q&A, after they were nominated for Best Supporting Actor roles for their film, 'Lion,' Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

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