Lion (2016) filming locations

Howrah, India

The scene : After fourteen hours spent alone on a train that he thought would bring him back to his brother, little Saroo finds himself in this enormous station in Calcutta, the terminus of his involuntary journey.

Kolkata, India

The scene : After evading those who had been chasing him from the train station, Saroo, left to fend for himself in Kolkata, stops on the bridge and watches, below, people bathing in the river.

Kolkata, India

The scene : The shooting ventures into the narrow and bustling aisles of the flower market, on the banks of the Hooghly, where the real Saroo wandered as a child.

Ganesh Talai (Khandwa)

Khandwa, India

The scene : Saroo's early childhood scenes were filmed in this neighborhood of Khandwa, where he lived with his mother and his older brother Guddu until the family was separated.

Khandwa, India

The scene : As an adult, Saroo reminisces about the hours spent as a child playing with his brother Guddu on this dam in his hometown, one of the three locations where, according to the production, filming took place in Khandwa.

Burhanpur, India

The scene : It is in this fort in the Burhanpur district that the scene was filmed where little Saroo finds himself lost.

Dewas, India

The scene : The Dewas railway station in Madhya Pradesh served as the setting for some of the train station scenes in the film.

Ujjain, India

The scene : In Ujjain, the crew notably filmed in an underground passage of the city, one of the urban settings of the Indian part of the film.

Gawalu (Mhow)

Mhow, India

The scene : This village near Mhow, on the railway line leading to Omkareshwar, served as the backdrop for Saroo's childhood Ganesh Talai.

Mhow, India

The scene : The Patalpani waterfall, in the vicinity of Mhow, is among the natural settings filmed for the Indian part of the story.

Mhow, India

The scene : The team filmed along the railway connecting Mhow to Omkareshwar through the countryside of Madhya Pradesh.

Barwaha, India

The scene : On the banks of the Narmada, Khedi Ghat is among the locations where the crew set up their cameras in Madhya Pradesh.

India

The scene : A bridge crossing the Narmada at Mortakka, near Khedi Ghat, is one of the filming locations for the movie in the state.

Omkareshwar, India

The scene : Some of the Indian scenes were filmed on the banks of the Narmada, near the Omkareshwar temple.

Indore, India

The scene : Announced as early as January 2015 as the next step after Calcutta, Indore is one of the cities in Madhya Pradesh featured in the approximately twenty minutes of the film shot in the state.

Khargone, India

The scene : Khargone is one of the cities in Madhya Pradesh that can be seen in the twenty minutes of the film shot in the state.

Bhagat Ki Kothi water tower (Jodhpur)

Jodhpur, India

The scene : When adult Saroo recognizes on Google Earth the water tower of his childhood, the close-up shown on the screen is actually that of a nearby water tower at the Bagat Ki Kothi train station in Jodhpur, about 650 km from Khandwa.

Hobart, Australia

The scene : Saroo and Lucy dash along the wooded trails of the park, then reach the summit, from where they gaze at Hobart spread out before them.

Marion Bay, Australia

The scene : On a beach in the bay, young Saroo and his adoptive parents are playing a family cricket match.

Marion Bay, Australia

The scene : Young Saroo and his adoptive family enjoy a game of cricket on the sand of this long beach.

Dunalley, Australia

The scene : On the Bangor farm, the team mainly shoots on the beach of the property.

Australia

The scene : The film lingers on a spectacular shot of the cape and the rocky spire of the Candlestick standing beside it.

Australia

The scene : Young Saroo sets off to sail on a boat and plays cricket with his adoptive parents, camped by Nicole Kidman and David Wenham.

Australia

The scene : A plunging view reveals this narrow strip of land surrounded by turquoise waters, just before the family gathers for dinner at the restaurant.

Australia

The scene : This bay in the southwest of Tasmania is among the coastal landscapes selected for the Tasmanian part of the shoot.

Melbourne, Australia

The scene : The Victorian aspect of the shoot, starting in mid-April 2015, initially took over the business district of Melbourne.

Parkville, Australia

The scene : Parkville is among the neighborhoods near the center of Melbourne where the crew filmed.

Northcote, Australia

The scene : Northcote also hosted part of the Melbourne filming.

Carlton North, Australia

The scene : The Carlton North neighborhood is mentioned among the areas of Melbourne selected for filming.

Elwood, Australia

The scene : Elwood completes the list of neighborhoods in Melbourne where the film was shot.

Carlton, Australia

The scene : Carlton, at the gates of downtown Melbourne, is mentioned among the locations of the Victorian shoot.

Howrah, India

The scene : The production filmed at Shalimar station, on the banks of Howrah, one of the very real places where little Saroo got lost.

Kolkata, India

The scene : The famous tea room on Park Street is part of the real locations from little Saroo's journey that the team wanted to film.

Australia

The scene : Cockle Creek is among the Tasmanian locations mentioned by the film crew for the Australian segment of the shoot.