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The Lunchbox

Can you fall in love with someone you have never met?
Sep 20, 2013 · 1h 44m
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Drama
Romance

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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.

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CAST

Irrfan Khan
Saajan Fernandes
Nimrat Kaur
Ila
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Shaikh
Lillete Dubey
Ila's Mother
Nasir Khan
Ila's Father
Bharati Achrekar
Mrs. Khrishnan
Nakul Vaid
Rajeev
Yashvi Punneet Nagar
Yashvi
Directed by Ritesh Batra

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
HI
Budget
$3,400,000
Revenue
$17,240,000
Production
DAR Motion Pictures, A.S.A.P. Films, Sikhya Entertainment, National Film Development Corporation of India, Rohfilm, Cine Mosaic, ARTE France Cinéma, Nittin Keni Creations
Country
IN

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