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The Lunchbox

(Dabba)
In select theaters
February 14th 2014
nr
104 minutes
    in
  • Hindi
  • English
    from
  • India
  • France
  • Germany
Official website  
A Middle class housewife Ila is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage, this time through her cooking. She desperately hopes that this new recipe will finally arouse some kind of reaction from her neglectful husband. She prepares a special lunchbox to be delivered to him at work, but, unbeknownst to her, it is mistakenly delivered to another office worker, Saajan, a lonely man on the verge of retirement. Curious about the lack of reaction from her husband, Ila puts a little note in the following day's lunchbox, in the hopes of getting to the bottom of the mystery. This begins a series of lunchbox notes between Saajan and Ila, and the mere comfort of communicating with a stranger anonymously soon evolves into an unexpected friendship. Gradually, their notes become little confessions about their loneliness, memories, regrets, fears, and even small joys.
starring...  
Irrfan Khan
Saajan Fernandes
Nimrat Kaur
Ila
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Shaikh
Denzil Smith
Mr. Shroff
Director
Ritesh Batra
Screenplay
Ritesh Batra, Rutvik Oza
Music
Max Richter
Editing
John F. Lyons
Cinematography
Michael Simmonds
Production Design
Shruti Gupte
Set Decoration
Akshi Kapoor
STL
96% - Feb 9, 2014
MIL
95% - Feb 9, 2014
ATL
97% - Feb 9, 2014
BOCA
91% - Jan 19, 2014
SF
98% - Jan 26, 2014
DC
91% - Feb 2, 2014
NH
95% - Feb 2, 2014
BOS
91% - Feb 2, 2014
The Lunchbox © 2013
Sony Pictures Classics