The Lunchbox

The Lunchbox

Can you fall in love with someone you have never met?

2013•1h 44m•7.4/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.4/10(787)

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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Production

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

Language

HI

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Irrfan Khan

Irrfan Khan

Saajan Fernandes

Nimrat Kaur

Nimrat Kaur

Ila

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Shaikh

Lillete Dubey

Lillete Dubey

Ila's Mother

Nasirr Khan

Nasirr Khan

Ila's Father

Bharati Achrekar

Bharati Achrekar

Mrs. Khrishnan

Nakul Vaid

Rajeev

Yashvi Punneet Nagar

Yashvi

Denzil Smith

Denzil Smith

Mr. Shroff

Shruti Bapna

Meherunissa

Lokesh Rai

Dukes Owner

Vidhya Dhar

Old Man in Train

Sadashiv Kondaji Pokarkar

Dabbawallah at Ila's House

Aarti Rathod

Saajan's Neighbor

Krishna Bai

Toothless Woman

Raj Rishi More

Ila's Brother

Santosh Kumar Chaurasiya

Autorickshaw Driver

Swapnil Shirirao

Dukes Waiter

Avijit Khanwilkar

Young Man in Train

Aakash Sinha

Autorickshaw 2

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