The Lunchbox

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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Cast

Irrfan Khan

Saajan Fernandes

Nimrat Kaur

Ila

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Shaikh

Lillete Dubey

Ila's Mother

Nasir Khan

Ila's Father

Bharati Achrekar

Mrs. Khrishnan

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Nakul Vaid

Rajeev

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Yashvi Punneet Nagar

Yashvi

Denzil Smith

Mr. Shroff

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Shruti Bapna

Meherunissa

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Lokesh Rai

Dukes Owner

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Vidhya Dhar

Old Man in Train

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Sadashiv Kondaji Pokarkar

Dabbawallah at Ila's House

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Aarti Rathod

Saajan's Neighbor

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Krishna Bai

Toothless Woman

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Raj Rishi More

Ila's Brother

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Santosh Kumar Chaurasiya

Autorickshaw Driver

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Swapnil Shirirao

Dukes Waiter

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Avijit Khanwilkar

Young Man in Train

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Aakash Sinha

Autorickshaw 2

Crew

Art

• Shruti Gupte Production Design
• Snehal Phadtare Art Direction
• Akshi Kapoor Set Decoration

Camera

• Michael Simmonds Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Niharika Bhasin Costume Design

Directing

• Ritesh Batra Director

Editing

• John F. Lyons Editor

Production

• Seher Aly Latif Casting
• Lydia Dean Pilcher Executive Producer
• Irrfan Khan Executive Producer
• Ritesh Batra Executive Producer
• Nina Lath Gupta Co-Producer
• Shanaab Alam Co-Producer
• Vivek Rangachari Co-Producer
• Sunil John Co-Producer
• Nitin Keni Co-Producer
• Karsten Stöter Co-Producer
• Benny Drechsel Co-Producer
• Čédomir Kolar Co-Producer

Sound

• Max Richter Original Music Composer
• Stephan Läufer Sound Designer
• Markus Krohn Sound Editor

Writing

• Ritesh Batra Screenplay

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