The Lunchbox backdrop

The Lunchbox poster

Quick Info

Rating

7.4/10

Release2013

Runtime1h 44m

StatusReleased

Budget$3,400,000

Revenue$17,240,000

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

Movie

The Lunchbox

2013

1h 44m

7.4

Drama

Romance

Synopsis

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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