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📅 2013 ⏱ 1h 44min Released FHD / 4K

The Lunchbox

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

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.

🎬 DirectorRitesh Batra

📅 Release2013-09-20

🌍 CountryFrance, Germany, India, United States of America

🗣 LanguageEnglish, Hindi

🏢 StudioDAR Motion Pictures, A.S.A.P. Films, Sikhya Entertainment

🗳 Votes801

🔥 Popularity3

💰 Budget$3,400,000

💵 Revenue$17,240,000

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🎭 Cast

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

Old Man in Train

Sadashiv Kondaji Pokarkar

Dabbawallah at Ila's House

Aarti Rathod

Saajan's Neighbor

Krishna Bai

Toothless Woman

🎥 Crew

Director Ritesh Batra

Director of Photography Michael Simmonds

Production Design Shruti Gupte

Casting Seher Aly Latif

Original Music Composer Max Richter

Editor John F. Lyons

Co-Producer Sunil John

Executive Producer Ritesh Batra

Producer Anurag Kashyap

Executive Producer Lydia Dean Pilcher

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🏷 Keywords

housewifemumbai (bombay), indiafoodtiffinindian cuisine

💬 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"**…