The Lunchbox
– A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) ..
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.
20 Sep 2013
Hindi, English
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Ritesh Batra
Ritesh Batra (screenplay), Vasan Bala (hindi dialogue consultant)
Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Lillete Dubey
The film, set in Mumbai, revolves around a mistaken delivery by the Dabbawalas (lunchbox service) of Mumbai, which leads to a relationship between Saajan, a lonely widower close to retirement, and Ila, an unhappy housewife, as they start exchanging notes through the daily lunchbox.
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 29 wins & 35 nominations.
$4,231,500
Sony Pictures Classics