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The Lunchbox (2013)

HindiFilm2013104 minDrama, Romance★ 7.4/10

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

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.

Directed by
Ritesh Batra
Starring
Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Music
Max Richter
Released
2013-09-20

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Cast

Irrfan KhanIrrfan KhanSaajan Fernandes
Nimrat KaurNimrat KaurIla
Nawazuddin SiddiquiNawazuddin SiddiquiShaikh
Lillete DubeyLillete DubeyIla's Mother
Nasir KhanNasir KhanIla's Father
Bharati AchrekarBharati AchrekarMrs. Khrishnan
Nakul VaidRajeev
Yashvi Punneet NagarYashvi
Denzil SmithDenzil SmithMr. Shroff
Shruti BapnaMeherunissa
Lokesh RaiDukes Owner
Vidhya DharOld Man in Train

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