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The Lunchbox

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The Lunchbox

Can you fall in love with someone you have never met?

7.4

1h 44m

2013

“Can you fall in love with someone you have never met?”

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.

Director

Ritesh Batra

Trailer

DramaRomance

housewifemumbai (bombay), indiafoodtiffingastronomiaindian cuisine

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Cast & Crew

Irrfan Khan

Irrfan Khan

as Saajan Fernandes

Nimrat Kaur

Nimrat Kaur

as Ila

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

as Shaikh

Lillete Dubey

Lillete Dubey

as Ila's Mother

Nasirr Khan

Nasirr Khan

as Ila's Father

Bharati Achrekar

Bharati Achrekar

as Mrs. Khrishnan

Nakul Vaid

as Rajeev

Yashvi Punneet Nagar

as Yashvi

Denzil Smith

Denzil Smith

as Mr. Shroff

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