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7.3

The Lunchbox

NR·2013·104m

Drama

Romance

Drama

Romance

Summary

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.

Cast

Irrfan Khan

Saajan Fernandes

Nimrat Kaur

Ila

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Shaikh

Lillete Dubey

Ila's Mother

Nasirr 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

Raj Rishi More

Ila's Brother

Santosh Kumar Chaurasiya

Autorickshaw Driver

Swapnil Shirirao

Dukes Waiter

Avijit Khanwilkar

Young Man in Train

Aakash Sinha

Autorickshaw 2

Xavier Hodges

Very Old Couple

Rosemary Hodges

Very Old Couple

Hubart Vossoaker

Neighbor's Family

Rosemary Vossoaker

Neighbor's Family

Flory Vossoaker

Neighbor's family

Sebastian Vossoaker

Neighbor's Family

Quitira Vossoaker

Neighbor's Family

Baaburao Sankpal

Dabbawallah at Saajan's Office

Chandrakantha Rajani

Saajan's Office Staff

Kancha Karki

Saajan's Office Staff

Ravindra Dubey

Saajan's Office Staff

Narendra Arora

Saajan's Office Staff

Ashwin Desai

Saajan's Office Staff

Mahesh Mahadev Salavkar

Office Peon

Krishna Mandal

Office Peon

Calvin Desilva

Cricket Kid

Craig Narona

Cricket Kid

Kyeron Kandoria

Cricket Kid

Shubh Jadav

Cricket Kid

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Ritesh Batra

Reviews

Dharunn_

April 18, 2023

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"**