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Lion

Lion
★ 8.0/10•2016•1h 58m•PG-13•Drama

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.

Luke Davies · Screenplay

Garth Davis · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 58m
LanguageEN
Release DateNov 24, 2016
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue$140,312,928

Actors

Dev Patel

Dev Patel

Saroo Brierley

Rooney Mara

Rooney Mara

Lucy

David Wenham

David Wenham

John Brierley

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Sue Brierley

Sunny Pawar

Sunny Pawar

Young Saroo

Abhishek Bharate

Abhishek Bharate

Guddu

Priyanka Bose

Priyanka Bose

Kamla Munshi

Divian Ladwa

Divian Ladwa

Mantosh Brierley

Deepti Naval

Deepti Naval

Saroj Sood

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Noor

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Rama

Keshav Jadhav

Young Mantosh

Arka Das

Arka Das

Sami

Pallavi Sharda

Pallavi Sharda

Prama

Sachin Joab

Sachin Joab

Bharat

Menik Gooneratne

Menik Gooneratne

Swarmina

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