The Lunchbox
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2013-09-20
Runtime: 104 mins
Director: Ritesh Batra
Spoken language: English, हिन्दी
Genres: Drama, Romance
Original title: The Lunchbox
Production Companies: DAR Motion Pictures, Asap Films, Sikhya Entertainment, National Film Development Corporation of India, Rohfilm, Cine Mosaic, ARTE France Cinéma, Dharma Productions, Nittin Keni Creations, UTV Motion Pictures
Production Countries: France, Germany, India, United States of America
Cast
Irrfan Khan
Nimrat Kaur
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Lillete Dubey
Nasirr Khan
Bharati Achrekar
Nakul Vaid
Yashvi Punneet Nagar
Denzil Smith
Shruti Bapna
Lokesh Rai
Vidhya Dhar
Sadashiv Kondaji Pokarkar
Aarti Rathod
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