The Lunchbox (2013)

Directed by

Ritesh Batra

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

India, Germany, France, United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

12

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 827 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lonely housewife in Mumbai tries to reignite her marriage by cooking special lunches for her husband. A lunchbox delivery mix-up sends the food to a grumpy office worker nearing retirement. He responds with a note, and they begin a written correspondence that changes both their lives.

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What happens

The Lunchbox is a 2013 drama film written and directed by Ritesh Batra. Produced by Guneet Monga, Anurag Kashyap and Arun Rangachari, The Lunchbox is an international co-production of studios in India, the US, Germany and France. It stars Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur alongside Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bharti Achrekar and Nakul Vaid in supporting roles. The Lunchbox was screened at Critics' Week at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, and later won the Critics' Week Viewers Choice Award also known as Grand Rail d'Or. It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released in theatres in India on 20 September 2013. The Lunchbox was a box-office success and received unanimous critical acclaim. It was Khan's highest-grossing Hindi film, until it was surpassed by Hindi Medium (2017). The Lunchbox was nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language at the 2015 British Academy Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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