The Lunchbox poster
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IMDb7.8/10(60000 votes)
Screenplay Ritesh Batra
Director Ritesh Batra

The Lunchbox

DramaRomance2013

Tagline: Can You Fall In Love With Someone You Have Never Met?

Release Date: 2013-09-20

Duration: 104 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Irrfan Khan
    Saajan Fernandes
  • Nimrat Kaur
    Ila
  • Lillete Dubey
    Ila's Mother
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui
    Shaikh
  • Denzil Smith
    Mr. Shroff
  • Shruti Bapna
    Meherunissa
  • Bharati Achrekar
    Mrs. Khrishnan
  • Nakul Vaid
    Rajeev
  • Vidhya Dhar
    Old Man in Train
  • Sadashiv Kondaji Pokarkar
    Dabbawallah at Ila's House
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