The Lunchbox (2013)
“Can you fall in love with someone you have never met?”
Movie20131h 44mHindi
Our verdict
Worth watching
Well received by most viewers.
Based on the TMDB audience score from 846 ratings.
Movie review: The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox is a film from 2013. It is catalogued under Drama, Romance. Its listed tagline is “Can you fall in love with someone you have never met?”
Story
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.
Audience reaction
TMDB records an audience rating of 7.4/10 based on 846 votes.
Production
Release date: September 20, 2013 · Runtime: 104 minutes · Original language: Hindi · Reported budget: $3,400,000 · Reported revenue: $17,240,000
Official trailer
Cast
Irrfan Khan
Nimrat Kaur
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Lillete Dubey
Nasir Khan
Bharati Achrekar
Denzil Smith
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