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Rx Pick / Film

The Lunchbox

Year
2013
Director
Ritesh Batra
Runtime
104 min
Genre
Drama, Romance
Dose
Excellent

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Synopsis

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.

Festival record

  • LFF 13
  • CAN 13
  • VEN 13

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Cast

  • Irrfan KhanSaajan Fernandes
  • Nimrat KaurIla
  • Nawazuddin SiddiquiShaikh
  • Lillete DubeyIla's Mother
  • Nasir KhanIla's Father
  • Bharati AchrekarMrs. Khrishnan
  • Nakul VaidRajeev
  • Yashvi Punneet NagarYashvi
  • Denzil SmithMr. Shroff
  • Shruti BapnaMeherunissa

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