“The search begins”
Lion
8.0
6,981 votes·2016
·1h 58m
·MovieDrama
Overview
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.
Commercial Verdict
Blockbuster
Revenue vs Budget11.7x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Massive commercial success
Keywords
australiabased on novel or bookadoptionaffectationbiographybased on true storyindiamissing childlong lost relativetasmaniastreet childdramatic
Cast
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
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