The Lunchbox

The Lunchbox is a 2013 Indian epistolary romantic film written and directed by Ritesh Batra, and produced by Guneet Monga, Anurag Kashyap, and Arun Rangachari.

Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system transports thousands of meals everyday from kitchens to offices. A Harvard University study found that just one in a million lunchboxes is ever delivered to the wrong address. This is the story of that one lunchbox. Ila, a neglected housewife, attempts to spice up her marriage by preparing a special lunch for her husband.

When it is accidentally delivered to Saajan, a lonely widower on the brink of retirement, they exchange notes to each other to get to the bottom of the mistaken delivery. Their notes gradually evolve into a series of intimate little confessions about their loneliness, memories, regrets, fears and small joys. Still strangers physically, Ila and Saajan become swept up in a relationship built on the fantasy of their letters…

Critic Reviews:

• " Batra brings out the humdrum of his characters' lives with little deft touches. " – Namrata Joshi

• " This is a thoughtful little movie, one that benefits from its main performances and a nicely slow building romance. " – Roxana Hadadi

• " The Lunchbox is either a piquant romance or a wise comedy. The director's con­fidence with such a delicate story makes it successful as both. " – Paul Byrnes

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