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The Lunchbox
The Lunchbox

The Lunchbox

Can You Fall In Love With Someone You Have Never Met?

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DramaRomance

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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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Budget

$3400000

Revenue

$17240000

Status

Released

Original Language

Hindi

Runtime

104 mins

Rating

7.3/10

Release Date

20 September 2013

Country

France

Cast

Irrfan Khan

Irrfan Khan

Saajan Fernandes

Nimrat Kaur

Nimrat Kaur

Ila

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Shaikh

Lillete Dubey

Lillete Dubey

Ila's Mother

Nasirr Khan

Nasirr Khan

Ila's Father

Bharati Achrekar

Bharati Achrekar

Mrs. Khrishnan

Nakul Vaid

Nakul Vaid

Rajeev

Yashvi Punneet Nagar

Yashvi Punneet Nagar

Yashvi

Denzil Smith

Denzil Smith

Mr. Shroff

Shruti Bapna

Shruti Bapna

Meherunissa

Lokesh Rai

Lokesh Rai

Dukes Owner

Vidhya Dhar

Vidhya Dhar

Old Man in Train

Sadashiv Kondaji Pokarkar

Sadashiv Kondaji Pokarkar

Dabbawallah at Ila's House

Aarti Rathod

Aarti Rathod

Saajan's Neighbor

Krishna Bai

Krishna Bai

Toothless Woman

Raj Rishi More

Raj Rishi More

Ila's Brother

Santosh Kumar Chaurasiya

Santosh Kumar Chaurasiya

Autorickshaw Driver

Swapnil Shirirao

Swapnil Shirirao

Dukes Waiter

Avijit Khanwilkar

Avijit Khanwilkar

Young Man in Train

Aakash Sinha

Aakash Sinha

Autorickshaw 2

Xavier Hodges

Xavier Hodges

Very Old Couple

Rosemary Hodges

Rosemary Hodges

Very Old Couple

Hubart Vossoaker

Hubart Vossoaker

Neighbor's Family

Rosemary Vossoaker

Rosemary Vossoaker

Neighbor's Family

Flory Vossoaker

Flory Vossoaker

Neighbor's family

Sebastian Vossoaker

Sebastian Vossoaker

Neighbor's Family

Quitira Vossoaker

Quitira Vossoaker

Neighbor's Family

Baaburao Sankpal

Baaburao Sankpal

Dabbawallah at Saajan's Office

Chandrakantha Rajani

Chandrakantha Rajani

Saajan's Office Staff

Kancha Karki

Kancha Karki

Saajan's Office Staff

Ravindra Dubey

Ravindra Dubey

Saajan's Office Staff

Narendra Arora

Narendra Arora

Saajan's Office Staff

Ashwin Desai

Ashwin Desai

Saajan's Office Staff

Mahesh Mahadev Salavkar

Mahesh Mahadev Salavkar

Office Peon

Krishna Mandal

Krishna Mandal

Office Peon

Calvin Desilva

Calvin Desilva

Cricket Kid

Craig Narona

Craig Narona

Cricket Kid

Kyeron Kandoria

Kyeron Kandoria

Cricket Kid

Shubh Jadav

Shubh Jadav

Cricket Kid

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