Lion

The search begins

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Drama

Dev Patel

(Saroo Brierley)

Rooney Mara

(Lucy)

David Wenham

(John Brierley)

Nicole Kidman

(Sue Brierley)

Sunny Pawar

(Young Saroo)

Abhishek Bharate

(Guddu)

Priyanka Bose

(Kamla Munshi)

Divian Ladwa

(Mantosh Brierley)

Deepti Naval

(Saroj Sood)

Tannishtha Chatterjee

(Noor)

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

(Rama)

Keshav Jadhav

(Young Mantosh)

Arka Das

(Sami)

Pallavi Sharda

(Prama)

Sachin Joab

(Bharat)

Menik Gooneratne

(Swarmina)

Emilie Cocquerel

(Annika)

Eamon Farren

(Luke)

Rohini Kargaiya

(Shekila)

Benjamin Rigby

(Waiter)

Kaushik Sen

(Police Official)

Riddhi Sen

(Cafe Man)

Anna Samson

(Cute Bar Maid)

Tegan Crowley

(Workmate #1)

Belinda Misevski

(Lucy's Friend)

Lucy Moir

(Lucy's Friend)

Khushi Solanki

(Young Shekila)

Shankar Nisode

(Shankar)

Rita Roy

(Amita)

Uday Shankar Paul

(Liluah Teacher)

Surojit Das

(Shondeep / Haunted Boy)

Todd Sampson

(Provost)

Daniela Farinacci

(Tutor)

Vinod Chauhan

(Merchant)

Babli Pandey

(Woman with Baby)

Madhukar Narlwade

(English-speaking Man)