The Lunchbox (2013)
Can you fall in love with someone you have never met?
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.
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
- Nakul Vaid as Rajeev
- Yashvi Punneet Nagar as Yashvi
-
Denzil Smith
as Mr. Shroff
- Shruti Bapna as Meherunissa
- Lokesh Rai as Dukes Owner
- Vidhya Dhar as Old Man in Train
- Sadashiv Kondaji Pokarkar as Dabbawallah at Ila's House
- Aarti Rathod as Saajan's Neighbor
- Krishna Bai as Toothless Woman
- Raj Rishi More as Ila's Brother
- Santosh Kumar Chaurasiya as Autorickshaw Driver
- Swapnil Shirirao as Dukes Waiter
Crew
- Ritesh Batra Director
-
Michael Simmonds
Director of Photography
- John F. Lyons Editor
-
Max Richter
Original Music Composer
- Arun Rangachari Producer
-
Anurag Kashyap
Producer
-
Guneet Monga
Producer
- Ritesh Batra Screenplay
