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.
Saroo Brierley
Dev Patel
Lucy
Rooney Mara
John Brierley
David Wenham
Sue Brierley
Nicole Kidman
Guddu
Abhishek Bharate
Mantosh Brierley
Divian Ladwa
Kamla Munshi
Priyanka Bose
Saroj Sood
Deepti Naval
Noor
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Rama
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Young Saroo
Sunny Pawar
Young Mantosh
Keshav Jadhav
Waiter
Benjamin Rigby
Police Official
Kaushik Sen
Cafe Man
Riddhi Sen
Sami
Arka Das
Annika
Emilie Cocquerel
Prama
Pallavi Sharda
Bharat
Sachin Joab
Swarmina
Menik Gooneratne
Cute Bar Maid
Anna Samson
Luke
Eamon Farren
Workmate #1
Tegan Crowley
Lucy's Friend
Belinda Misevski
Lucy's Friend
Lucy Moir
Young Shekila
Khushi Solanki
Shankar
Shankar Nisode
Amita
Rita Roy
Liluah Teacher
Uday Shankar Paul
Shondeep / Haunted Boy
Surojit Das
Provost
Todd Sampson
Tutor
Daniela Farinacci
Merchant
Vinod Chauhan
Woman with Baby
Babli Pandey
English-speaking Man
Madhukar Narlwade
Shekila
Rohini Kargaiya