The Lunchbox

“Can You Fall In Love With Someone You Have Never Met?”

7.4

2013

1h 44m

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.

Key Crew

Director

Ritesh Batra

Producers

Anurag Kashyap

Guneet Monga

Arun Rangachari

Writers

Ritesh Batra

Cinematography

Michael Simmonds

Music

Max Richter

Cast (39)

Irrfan Khan

Saajan Fernandes

Nimrat Kaur

Ila

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