Lion

Details

Release year: 2016

Storyline

A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

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Awards

0 wins & 6 nominations

Did you know

• Footage from when the real Sue Brierley meets Saroo's birth mother for the first time is shown before the end credits. Director Garth Davis was actually present during the meeting and shot the footage because he was involved with the 60 Minutes Special on the story.

• To internalize her character, Priyanka Bose went to Madhya Pradesh to meet Kamla Munshi, the mother her character was based on: "My questions were basic and just by meeting her, I could tell how hard her life has been. I got down on my knees and hugged her and thanked her for her courage." When meeting Munshi she was told that she was declared crazy by many villagers in the small town for years, as she never gave up hope that her son would return one day.

• The 8-year-old Sunny Pawar was originally unable to attend the US premiere because he was denied a visa. Producers of the film made an appeal to Homeland Security, after which Pawar and his father were allowed to come to the US.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $51,738,905

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $123,360 (2016-11-27)

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Technical specs

Sound mix

Dolby Digital

Aspect ratio

2.39 : 1

Color

Color

FAQ

• Seeing as Saroo knew the knew the name of his home village, why couldn't he have found this via an atlas or online search?
• Considering Saroo calls his mother Ammi which is a Muslim for mother and his sister is Shakeela which is also a Muslim name, how is his mother's name Kamala - a Hindu name?
• According to the "Alternate versions" link, the Australian edition is 12 minutes longer. So the running time of 1h 58m the non-Australian cut?