
Feature film — 2013
The Lunchbox (2013)
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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A high-signal pick with 859 votes.
DAR Motion Pictures / A.S.A.P. Films / Sikhya Entertainment / National Film Development Corporation of India / Rohfilm / Cine Mosaic / ARTE France Cinéma / Nittin Keni Creations
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Director: Ritesh Batra
On screen
Cast & crew

Irrfan Khan
Saajan Fernandes

Nimrat Kaur
Ila

Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Shaikh

Lillete Dubey
Ila's Mother

Nasir Khan
Ila's Father

Bharati Achrekar
Mrs. Khrishnan
Nakul Vaid
Rajeev
Yashvi Punneet Nagar
Yashvi

Denzil Smith
Mr. Shroff
Shruti Bapna
Meherunissa
Lokesh Rai
Dukes Owner
Vidhya Dhar
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