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)

Abhishek Bharate

(Guddu)

Divian Ladwa

(Mantosh Brierley)

Priyanka Bose

(Kamla Munshi)

Deepti Naval

(Saroj Sood)

Tannishtha Chatterjee

(Noor)

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

(Rama)

Sunny Pawar

(Young Saroo)

Keshav Jadhav

(Young Mantosh)

Benjamin Rigby

(Waiter)

Kaushik Sen

(Police Official)

Riddhi Sen

(Cafe Man)

Arka Das

(Sami)

Emilie Cocquerel

(Annika)

Pallavi Sharda

(Prama)

Sachin Joab

(Bharat)

Menik Gooneratne

(Swarmina)

Anna Samson

(Cute Bar Maid)

Eamon Farren

(Luke)

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)

Rohini Kargaiya

(Shekila)