Character

Saroo is the protagonist of the story. He vanishes from his village after getting separated from his brother at a train station. Living by his wits, Saroo is able to stay out of harm's way, and eventually gets adopted and moves to Tasmania, where he assimilates himself into Australian culture. Once he starts to look for his village on Google Earth, Saroo suffers from an identity crisis, pained by the trauma of having been separated from his family and not knowing about his origins.

By the end of the film, Saroo is able to unify both sides of his heritage when he goes to India and is reunited with his birth mother and learn about his brother. Saroo is an exceedingly brave, optimistic, ingenious, and lucky young man, suffering a great deal, but finding happiness in his life eventually.