---
title: 'Lion (2015)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Garth Davis'
released: '2015-07-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lion-2015'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3741834/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Lion (2015)

2015 · PG-13 · 118 min · Drama, History · Australia, United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Lion is a 2016 Australian biographical drama film directed by Garth Davis 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Garth Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/garth-davis)
- **Screenplay:** [Luke Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/luke-davies)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hauschka](https://cinepixo.com/people/hauschka), [Sia](https://cinepixo.com/people/sia), [Dustin O'Halloran](https://cinepixo.com/people/dustin-o-halloran)
- **Producer:** [Iain Canning](https://cinepixo.com/people/iain-canning), [Emile Sherman](https://cinepixo.com/people/emile-sherman), [Angie Fielder](https://cinepixo.com/people/angie-fielder)
- **Director of Photography:** [Greig Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/greig-fraser)

## Cast

- [Sunny Pawar](https://cinepixo.com/people/sunny-pawar) as Saroo Brierley
- [Abhishek Bharate](https://cinepixo.com/people/abhishek-bharate) as Guddu Khan
- [Priyanka Bose](https://cinepixo.com/people/priyanka-bose) as Kamla Munshi
- [Khushi Solanki](https://cinepixo.com/people/khushi-solanki) as Shekila Khan
- [Tannishtha Chatterjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/tannishtha-chatterjee) as Noor
- [Nawazuddin Siddiqui](https://cinepixo.com/people/nawazuddin-siddiqui) as Rama
- [Riddhi Sen](https://cinepixo.com/people/riddhi-sen) as Café Man
- [Kaushik Sen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaushik-sen) as Police Officer
- [Rita Boy](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-boy) as Amita
- [Deepti Naval](https://cinepixo.com/people/deepti-naval) as Mrs. Sood
- [Menik Gooneratne](https://cinepixo.com/people/menik-gooneratne) as Swarmina
- [David Wenham](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-wenham) as John Brierley
- [Nicole Kidman](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-kidman) as Sue Brierley
- [Keshav Jadhav](https://cinepixo.com/people/keshav-jadhav) as Mantosh Brierley
- [Dev Patel](https://cinepixo.com/people/dev-patel) as Saroo Brierley

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/lion-2015
Film facts: Wikidata (Q23013699); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.