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The Lunchbox

2013, drama, love

104 minutes

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...

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Cast

Irrfan Khan

Irrfan Khan

Saajan Fernandes

Lillete Dubey

Lillete Dubey

Ila's Mother

Nakul Vaid

Rajeev

Bharati Achrekar

Mrs. Khrishnan

Denzil Smith

Denzil Smith

Mr. Shroff

Shruti Bapna

Meherunissa

Nasir Khan

Ila's father

Lokesh Raj

Dukes owner

Vidhya Dhar

Old man in Train

Sadashiv Kondaji Pokarkar

Dabbawallah at Ila's house

Aarti Rathod

Saajan's neighbor

Krishna Bai

Toothless woman

Raj Rishi More

Ila's Brother

Santosh Kumar Chaurasiya

Autorickshaw driver

Swapnil Shirirao

Dukes waiter

Avijit Khanwilkar

Young man in train

Aakash Sinha

Autorickshaw 2

Xavier Hodges

Very old couple

Rosemary Hodges

Very old couple

Hubart Vossoaker

Neighbor's family

Rosemary Vossoaker

Neighbor's family

Flory Vossoaker

Neighbor's family

Sebastian Vossoaker

Neighbor's family

Quitira Vossoaker

Neighbor's family

Baaburao Sankpal

Dabbawallah at Saajan's office

Chandrakantha Rajani

Saajan's office staff 1

Kancha Karki

Saajan's office staff

Ravindra Dubey

Saajan's office staff

Narendra Arora

Saajan's office staff

Ashwin Desai

Saajan's office staff

Krishna Mandal

Office peon

Calvin Desilva

Cricket Kid

Craig Narona

Cricket Kid

Kyeron Kandoria

Cricket Kid

Shubh Jadav

Cricket Kid

Crew

Art

Snehal Phadtare

Art direction

Shruti Gupte

Production design

Akshi Kapoor

Set decoration

Camera

Costume and make-up

Niharika Khan

Costume design

Directing

Ritesh Batra

Ritesh Batra

Director

Editing

John F. Lyons

Editor

Production

Prerna Saigal

Associate producer

Gitika Aggarwal

Associate producer

John F. Lyons

Associate producer

Seher Latif

Casting

Danis Tanović

Danis Tanović

Co-producer

Sunil John

Co-producer

Shanaab Alam

Co-producer

Vivek Rangachari

Co-producer

Nittin Keni

Co-producer

Benny Drechsel

Co-producer

Nina Lath Gupta

Co-producer

Marc Baschet

Co-producer

Cédomir Kolar

Co-producer

Karsten Stöter

Co-producer

Lydia Dean Pilcher

Executive producer

Irrfan Khan

Irrfan Khan

Executive producer

Ritesh Batra

Ritesh Batra

Executive producer

Guneet Monga

Producer

Arun Rangachari

Producer

Anurag Kashyap

Anurag Kashyap

Producer

Sound

Max Richter

Max Richter

Original music composer

Stephan Läufer

Sound designer

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