Bollywood
The Lunchbox
द लंचबॉक्स
Ritesh Batra·2013·Hindi, English
A mistaken lunch delivery connects a lonely widower and an unhappy housewife through handwritten notes in Mumbai's dabba system.
Ritesh Batra's The Lunchbox is a quiet miracle. Irrfan Khan plays a widowed accountant; Nimrat Kaur a neglected housewife. They never meet but their correspondence carried by Mumbai's dabbawalas becomes a lifeline. Cannes, BAFTA.
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