The characters and their actions.
He got lost when he was five.
She was in charge of adoption at the orphanage in Calcutta.
He took the wrong train.
He didn't take the right train.
They gave them their affection.
She found a foster family for Saroo.
He had an accident while he was carrying a watermelon.
They stole coal from freight trains.
She lost her two sons the same day.
She grew up in India with her two brothers.
They were adopted.
He was Saroo's brother.
He was hit by a train.
They loved their adoptive children.
They took 2 Indian boys in their home.
He looked for his family.
One day, he remembered his childhood.
He looked after his younger brother.
He helped Saroo because he couldn't speak Hindi.
He took Saroo to the police in Calcutta.
He felt tired and fell asleep.
He could not understand Bengali when he was in Calcutta.
They spent some time in an orphanage in Calcutta.
He had drug problems.
When he woke up, he was completely alone in the train.
They bought some Jalebia from a street vendor.
She understood Saroo's desire to find his family.
He was a troubled child.
He had psychological problems.
He left Tasmania to find the family he had lost.
He met his mum again after 25 years.
She saw her son after 25 years.
She tried to find Saroo's mother by publishing an announcement in the local paper.
Saroo
Mrs Sood
Saroo
Saroo
John and Sue Brierley
Mrs Sood
Saroo
Saroo and Guddu
Kamla
Shakila
Mantosh and Saroo
Guddu
Guddu
John and Sue Brierley
John and Sue Brierley
Saroo
Saroo
Guddu
The man in the village.
The man in the restaurant
Saroo
Saroo
Saroo and Matosh
Mantosh
Saroo
Saroo and Guddu
Saroo's girlfriend
Mantosh
Mantosh
Saroo
Saroo
Saroo's biological mother
Mrs Sood