Indian names of Pallavi Sharda and Dev Patel in Hollywood film ‘Lion’

‘Lion’ is bound to be a movie with a difference – it would be made in Hollywood and have Nicole Kidman and two Indian names Pallavi Sharda and Dev Patel in the lead. The film is based on the novel ‘A Long Way Home’ by Saroo Birleys and the story revolves around a boy who is lost in the streets of Calcutta and later adopted by an Australian family.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 23 August 2015.

After 25 years, the lost boy, now a young lad takes up a mission to locate his real parents and takes the help of latest technology like Google Earth to track his family. Pallavi’s character in the movie is that of an Indian girl who helps him in his mission.
Pallavi Sharda had last been seen in Vibhu Puri’s Hawaizaada and in ‘Lion’ she portrays the role of Dev’s friend. The movie marks the directorial debut of Garth Davis.
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