The Lunchbox

Sep 20, 2013

1h 44m

★ 7.3

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

DAR Motion Pictures

Asap Films

Sikhya Entertainment

National Film Development Corporation of India

Rohfilm

Cine Mosaic

ARTE France Cinéma

Dharma Productions

Nittin Keni Creations

UTV Motion Pictures

The Lunchbox Trailers

Cast

Saajan Fernandes

Irrfan Khan

Ila

Nimrat Kaur

Shaikh

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Ila's Mother

Lillete Dubey

Ila's Father

Nasirr Khan

Mrs. Khrishnan

Bharati Achrekar

Rajeev

Nakul Vaid

Yashvi

Yashvi Punneet Nagar

Mr. Shroff

Denzil Smith

Meherunissa

Shruti Bapna

Dukes Owner

Lokesh Rai

Old Man in Train

Vidhya Dhar

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