Where was Lion filmed?

2016 film directed by Garth Davis

Lion (2015) was filmed in Melbourne, Kolkata, Hobart and Khandwa — 4 recorded filming locations in Australia, India. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.

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Filming locations

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  🏙 Towns & cities

  Melbourne

  🇦🇺 Australia

  capital city of Victoria, Australia

  “Filming moved to Melbourne in mid-April and then to several locations in Tasmania, including Hobart.” Wikipedia

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  🏙 Towns & cities

  Kolkata

  🇮🇳 India

  capital city of West Bengal, India

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  🏙 Towns & cities

  Khandwa

  🇮🇳 India

  city in Madhya Pradesh, India

  “Then it was filmed extensively in Madhya Pradesh, focusing on locations central to Saroo's childhood, primerily in and around Khandwa (especially Ganesh Talai), with scenes also shot at Ujjain, Dewas (Railway Station), Patalpani waterfall, Mhow (Gwaloo village), and the Narmada River area near Omkareshwar Temple.” Wikipedia

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  🏙 Towns & cities

  Hobart

  🇦🇺 Australia

  capital city of Tasmania, Australia

Also per Wikipedia's Filming section

Wikipedia’s Filming section names 5 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.

Also shot in these places

• Ghost Rider 2007
• Charlotte's Web 2006
• Knowing 2009
• Killer Elite 2011
• Queen of the Damned 2002
• Where the Wild Things Are 2009
• I, Frankenstein 2014
• The Leftovers 2014–2017
• Predestination 2014
• On the Beach 1959
• First Strike 1996
• Blacklight 2022

More filmed in Australia

• The Matrix 1999
• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 2005
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones 2002
• Thor: Ragnarok 2017
• The Matrix Reloaded 2003
• The Matrix Revolutions 2003

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