The Lunchbox
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The Lunchbox

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

2013 1h 44m ★ 7.4 (787 votes) Released

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.

Director

Ritesh Batra

Screenplay

Ritesh Batra

Rating
7.4
Runtime
104 min
Budget
$3.4M
Revenue
$17.2M
Profit/Loss
+13.8M

Production

DAR Motion Pictures DAR Motion Pictures
Asap Films
Sikhya Entertainment Sikhya Entertainment
National Film Development Corporation of India National Film Development Corporation of India
Rohfilm Rohfilm
Cine Mosaic
ARTE France Cinéma ARTE France Cinéma
Dharma Productions Dharma Productions
Nittin Keni Creations
UTV Motion Pictures UTV Motion Pictures

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Audience Reviews

D
Dharunn
★ 10/10 Apr 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"**

Keywords

housewifemumbai (bombay), indiafoodtiffingastronomiaindian cuisine

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