The Lunchbox
Also known as Dabba, Lunchbox
2013 film by Ritesh Batra
Film · TMDB
7.4A 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.
Released: 2013-09-20104 minDir: Ritesh BatraDrama, RomanceBudget: $3.4MBox office: $17.2M
Cast
- Irrfan Khan as Saajan Fernandes
- Nimrat Kaur as Ila
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Shaikh
- Lillete Dubey as Ila's Mother
- Nasir Khan as Ila's Father
- Bharati Achrekar as Mrs. Khrishnan
Themes
- housewife
- mumbai (bombay), india