Lion
2016 biographical drama film by Garth Davis · Released July 2015
Lion is a 2016 Australian biographical drama film directed by Garth Davis (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Luke Davies based on the 2013 nonfiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley. The film stars Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, and Nicole Kidman, as well as Abhishek Bharate, Divian Ladwa, Priyanka Bose, Deepti Naval, Tannishtha Chatterjee, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. It tells the true story of how Brierley, 25 years after being separated from his family in India, set out to find them. It was a joint production between Australia and the United Kingdom.
Cast ages when filming began (January 2015)
- Dev Patel, as Saroo Brierley: 24
- Nicole Kidman, as Sue Brierley: 47
- Rooney Mara, as Lucy: 29
- David Wenham, as John Brierley: 49
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui, as Rama: 40
- Priyanka Bose, as Kamla Munshi: 32
- Tannishtha Chatterjee, as Noor: 34
- Deepti Naval, as Saroj Sood: 62
- Riddhi Sen, as Café Man: 16
- Kaushik Sen, as Police Official in Calcutta: 46
- Pallavi Sharda, as Prama: 26