Lion is a film.
Lion (2015 film) . The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna , Trisha Krishnan , Radhika Apte in the lead roles . The audio released on 8 April 2015 , and the film released on 14 May 2015 . Lion is a 2016 biographical film directed by Garth Davis ( in his feature debut ) and written by Luke Davies , based on the non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose . The film stars Dev Patel , Rooney Mara , David Wenham and Nicole Kidman . The film , which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10 , 2016 , was given a limited release on November 25 , 2016 , by the Weinstein Company before opening generally on January 6 , 2017 .