The Lunchbox
Released
September 20, 2013
Runtime: 1h 44m
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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Cast & Crew
Irrfan Khan
Saajan Fernandes
Nimrat Kaur
Ila
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Shaikh
Lillete Dubey
Ila's Mother
Nasir Khan
Ila's Father
Bharati Achrekar
Mrs. Khrishnan
- NV
Nakul Vaid
Rajeev
- YN
Yashvi Punneet Nagar
Yashvi
Denzil Smith
Mr. Shroff
- SB
Shruti Bapna
Meherunissa
- LR
Lokesh Rai
Dukes Owner
- VD
Vidhya Dhar
Old Man in Train
- SP
Sadashiv Kondaji Pokarkar
Dabbawallah at Ila's House
- AR
Aarti Rathod
Saajan's Neighbor
- KB
Krishna Bai
Toothless Woman
- RM
Raj Rishi More
Ila's Brother
- SC
Santosh Kumar Chaurasiya
Autorickshaw Driver
- SS
Swapnil Shirirao
Dukes Waiter
- RB
Ritesh Batra
Director
- RB
Ritesh Batra
Screenplay
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