The Lunchbox

The Lunchbox

2013
★★★★☆ 7.4/10
⏱️ 104 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 HI
DramaRomance
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.

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Cast

Irrfan Khan
Irrfan Khan
Saajan Fernandes
Nimrat Kaur
Nimrat Kaur
Ila
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Shaikh
Lillete Dubey
Lillete Dubey
Ila's Mother
Nasirr Khan
Nasirr Khan
Ila's Father
Bharati Achrekar
Bharati Achrekar
Mrs. Khrishnan

User Reviews

Dharunn
★ 10/10
On the whole time, I'm watching the film like the guy who stares next to mr. Fernandez Desk with wired, bizarre, strange, funny, odd, curious, peculiar, erratic, crazy. **"Dear ila, the food was very salty today"**
April 18, 2023

Crew

Director
Ritesh Batra
Writer
Ritesh Batra
Producer
Ritesh Batra, Anurag Kashyap, Lydia Dean Pilcher

Production

DAR Motion Pictures, Asap Films, Sikhya Entertainment, National Film Development Corporation of India, Rohfilm, Cine Mosaic, ARTE France Cinéma, Dharma Productions, Nittin Keni Creations, UTV Motion Pictures

Keywords

housewifemumbai (bombay), indiafoodtiffingastronomiaindian cuisine