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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- Status
- Released
- Production
- DAR Motion Pictures, A.S.A.P. Films, Sikhya Entertainment, National Film Development Corporation of India
Keywords
- housewife
- mumbai (bombay), india
- food
- tiffin
- indian cuisine
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Top Cast
Irrfan Khan as Saajan Fernandes
Nimrat Kaur as Ila
Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Shaikh
Lillete Dubey as Ila's Mother
Nasir Khan as Ila's Father
Bharati Achrekar as Mrs. Khrishnan
Nakul Vaid as Rajeev
Yashvi Punneet Nagar as Yashvi
Top Crew
Ritesh Batra · Director, Screenplay
Max Richter · Composer
Michael Simmonds · Cinematographer
John F. Lyons · Editor
Anurag Kashyap · Producer
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