The read
Scores higher than 96% of the 7,025 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic76/100
846 audience votes
Key crew
- Ritesh BatraDirector
- Max RichterOriginal Music Composer
- Ritesh BatraScreenplay
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
- Lokesh RaiDukes Owner
- Vidhya DharOld Man in Train
Stills
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Themes
housewifemumbai (bombay), indiafoodtiffinindian cuisine
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The Lunchbox is #19 of 60
