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The Lunchbox

2013104 min 7.4 TMDBIMDb ↗Released

“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.

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Release / first air2013-09-20
Original languageHI
GenresDrama, Romance
DirectorRitesh Batra
WriterRitesh Batra
Budget$3,400,000
Revenue$17,240,000
ProductionDAR Motion Pictures, A.S.A.P. Films

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10 cast members
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 VaidNakul VaidRajeev
Yashvi Punneet NagarYashvi Punneet NagarYashvi
Denzil SmithDenzil SmithMr. Shroff
Shruti BapnaShruti BapnaMeherunissa

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#housewife#mumbai (bombay), india#food#tiffin#indian cuisine

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