• Divya Dinesan
• B. Sonia Chellirian

Diaspora, a prominent topic in postcolonial studies, deals extensively with migration, displacement, and their effects. The concept of home is at the heart of every diasporic sentiment. Even though immigrants get assimilated into the life of the host country, they retain memories of their homeland that were left behind. This creates a sense of being caught in the in-between space and identity crisis. The contradiction between rootedness and uprootedness occurs. Thus, diaspora is related to the concepts of home, nostalgia, identity, space, migration, cross-culturalism, and transnationalism. This paper attempts to analyse the central character Saroo's diasporic experiences in the film Lion. Mostly concerned with his acculturation to a new nation and his identity crisis as a result of immigration. Saroo's assimilation to the new country was relatively easy, but his recollection of memories of home and family caused him to have an identity crisis. In the film, frequent flashbacks of home in India are contrasted to his current life in Australia, which depicts the emotional trauma Saroo was going through. But he eventually overcame his identity crisis through integration into both cultures.

Diaspora, migration, assimilation, memories, home, identity crisis, acculturation, integration

"Manifestation of Diasporic Sensibilities and Acculturation in the Film Lion", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 9, page no.e569-e576, September-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2209465.pdf

"Manifestation of Diasporic Sensibilities and Acculturation in the Film Lion", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 9, page no. ppe569-e576, September-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2209465.pdf