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7.4A 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.
Cast
- Irrfan Khan as Saajan Fernandes
- Nimrat Kaur as Ila
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Shaikh
- Lillete Dubey as Ila's Mother
- Nasir Khan as Ila's Father
- Bharati Achrekar as Mrs. Khrishnan
Themes
- housewife
- mumbai (bombay), india
- food
- tiffin
- indian cuisine
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ritesh Batra
- Written by
- Ritesh Batra
- Produced by
- Anurag Kashyap Guneet Monga Arun Rangachari
- Starring
- Irrfan Khan Nimrat Kaur Bharti Achrekar Nakul Vaid Nawazuddin Siddiqui
- Cinematography
- Michael Simmonds
- Edited by
- John F. Lyons
- Music by
- Max Richter
- Production companies
- DAR Motion Pictures , NFDC , Essel Vision Productions , Sikhya Entertainment , AKFPL , The Match Factory, Rohfilm, ASAP Films, Arte France Cinema , Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Aide Aux Cinemas Du Monde, CNC , Ministère des Affaires étrangères, Institut Français
- Distributed by
- UTV Motion Pictures , Dharma Productions (India), Sony Pictures Classics (United States and Canada) , NFP Marketing & Distribution, (Germany) , Happiness Distribution, (France)
- Release dates
- 19 May 2013 ( 2013-05-19 ) (Cannes) 20 September 2013 ( 2013-09-20 ) ( India )
- Running time
- 105 Minutes
- Countries
- India, United States, Germany, France
- Languages
- Hindi, English
- Budget
- ₹ 22 crore
- Box office
- ₹110 crore ( estimation</span>"}]]}'>est. )
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 717074
- Official website
- www.thelunchboxmovie.com
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- publication date
- 2013-12-26
- title
- Dabba
- box office
- 4235151
- review score
- 97%
- capital cost
- 220000000
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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.