>> saroo brierley: i thought, "they're dead." i thought the worst. all the worst things that you could think of possibly was just going through my head. >> whitaker: saroo, now an he couldn't communicate. a man approached who spoke english. saroo said he was looking for the family that had lived in this house. the man told saroo to come with him. >> saroo brierley: and i walked for about 15 meters just around the corner, and the man goes, "this is your mother." and she walked forward, and i walked towards her. we-- we're-- our eyes were locked together. >> whitaker: what'd you see in your birth mother's eyes when you look in them for the first time in years? >> saroo brierley: the tears that i saw when i used to look at her and i can see that she's struggling but this time it was tears of joy. >> whitaker: we sent our cameras to his home village. his mother kamla told us, "when i saw him i knew he was my he's now been back to india fourteen times. he reunited with his sister and one brother who both had moved to a nearby city, but his mother never lef