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Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur in The Lunchbox (2013)

Awards

The Lunchbox

30 wins & 46 nominations

Asia-Pacific Film Festival

  • Irrfan Khan
    2013 Winner Outstanding Achievement Award
    • Irrfan Khan
  • Irrfan Khan
    2013 Nominee APFF Award
    • Best Actor
    • Irrfan Khan
  • Nimrat Kaur
    2013 Nominee APFF Award
    • Best Actress
    • Nimrat Kaur
  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Nominee APFF Award
    • Best Director
    • Ritesh Batra
  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Nominee APFF Award
    • Best Film
    • Ritesh Batra

BAFTA Awards

  • Ritesh Batra
    2015 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
    • Best Film Not in the English Language
    • Ritesh Batra
    • Arun Rangachari
    • Anurag Kashyap
    • Guneet Monga Kapoor

Cannes Film Festival

  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Nominee Golden Camera
    • Ritesh Batra
  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Nominee Critics Week Grand Prize
    • Ritesh Batra
  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Winner Grand Golden Rail
    • Ritesh Batra

Filmfare Awards

  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui
    2014 Winner Filmfare Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Ritesh Batra
    2014 Winner Critics' Awards
    • Best Film
    • Ritesh Batra
  • John F. Lyons
    2014 Nominee Technical Award
    • Best Editing
    • John F. Lyons
  • 2014 Nominee Technical Award
    • Best Sound Design
    • Michael Kaczmarek
  • Ritesh Batra
    2014 Nominee Technical Award
    • Best Story
    • Ritesh Batra

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Winner Canvas Audience Award
    • Ritesh Batra

Awards of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA)

  • Nimrat Kaur
    2014 Nominee Popular Award
    • Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Nimrat Kaur
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui
    2014 Nominee Popular Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Ritesh Batra
    2014 Nominee Award for Technical Excellence
    • Best Story
    • Ritesh Batra

London Film Festival

  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Nominee Best Film
    • Ritesh Batra

Zee Cine Awards

  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui
    2014 Nominee Popular Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Ritesh Batra
    2014 Nominee Technical Award
    • Best Story
    • Ritesh Batra
  • Ritesh Batra
    2014 Winner Popular Award
    • Best Debuting Director
    • Ritesh Batra

Stockholm Film Festival

  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Nominee Bronze Horse
    • Best Film
    • Ritesh Batra

São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Nominee International Jury Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Ritesh Batra

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • Ritesh Batra
    2014 Winner TFCA Award
    • Best First Feature
    • Ritesh Batra

Cinéfest Sudbury

  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Winner Best International Film
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Ritesh Batra

Oslo Films from the South Festival

  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Nominee Silver Mirror Award
    • Best Feature
    • Ritesh Batra (director)

Sofia International Film Festival

  • Ritesh Batra
    2014 Winner Burgas Municipality Award 'Silver Sea-Gull'
    • Best Film
    • Ritesh Batra

Apsara Film Producers Guild Awards

  • Ritesh Batra
    2014 Nominee Apsara Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Ritesh Batra
  • Anurag Kashyap
    2014 Nominee Apsara Award
    • Best Film
    • Anurag Kashyap
    • Arun Rangachari
    • Guneet Monga Kapoor
  • Ritesh Batra
    2014 Nominee Apsara Award
    • Best Director
    • Ritesh Batra
  • Nimrat Kaur
    2014 Nominee Apsara Award
    • Best Actress
    • Nimrat Kaur
  • Irrfan Khan
    2014 Nominee Apsara Award
    • Best Actor
    • Irrfan Khan

Asian Film Awards

  • Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur in The Lunchbox (2013)
    2014 Nominee Asian Film Award
    • Best Film
  • Irrfan Khan
    2014 Winner Asian Film Award
    • Best Actor
    • Irrfan Khan
  • Ritesh Batra
    2014 Winner Asian Film Award
    • Best Screenwriter
    • Ritesh Batra

Dubai International Film Festival

  • Irrfan Khan
    2013 Winner Muhr AsiaAfrica Award
    • Best Actor - Feature
    • Irrfan Khan
  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Winner Muhr AsiaAfrica Special Mention
    • Feature
    • Ritesh Batra
  • Anurag Kashyap
    2013 Nominee Muhr AsiaAfrica Award
    • Best Film - Feature
    • Anurag Kashyap
    • Arun Rangachari
    • Guneet Monga Kapoor

Reykjavik International Film Festival

  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Winner The Church of Iceland Award
    • Best Film
    • Ritesh Batra

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Winner Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Ritesh Batra
  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Winner Jury Grand Prize
    • Ritesh Batra

IBNLive Movie Awards

  • Irrfan Khan
    2014 Nominee Popular Award
    • Best Actor
    • Irrfan Khan
  • Nimrat Kaur
    2014 Nominee Popular Award
    • Best Actress
    • Nimrat Kaur
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui
    2014 Nominee Popular Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui
    2014 Nominee Popular Award
    • Best Comic Actor
    • Nawazuddin Siddiqui

BIG Star Entertainment Awards, India

  • Irrfan Khan
    2013 Nominee Film Award
    • Most Entertaining Actor in a Social - Drama Film
    • Irrfan Khan

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur in The Lunchbox (2013)
    2014 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Film
    Tied with Blue Ruin (2013) in 10th place
  • Irrfan Khan
    2014 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Actor
    • Irrfan Khan
    9th place

Hong Kong Asian Film Festival

  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Nominee New Talent Award
    • Ritesh Batra

Odesa International Film Festival

  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Winner Golden Duke
    • Best Director
    • Ritesh Batra
  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Nominee Golden Duke
    • International Competition
    • Ritesh Batra

Amazonas Film Festival

  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Winner Amazonas Award
    • Best Film
    • Ritesh Batra
  • Nimrat Kaur
    2013 Winner Amazonas Award
    • Best Actress
    • Nimrat Kaur

Bollywood Hungama Surfers' Choice Movie Awards

  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui
    2014 Nominee Surfers' Choice Award
    • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Nimrat Kaur
    2014 Nominee Surfers' Choice Award
    • Best Debutant (Female)
    • Nimrat Kaur

Screen Awards, IN

  • Nimrat Kaur
    2014 Nominee Screen Award
    • Best Actress
    • Nimrat Kaur
  • Irrfan Khan
    2014 Nominee Screen Award
    • Best Actor
    • Irrfan Khan
  • Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur in The Lunchbox (2013)
    2014 Nominee Screen Award
    • Best Film
  • Ritesh Batra
    2014 Winner Screen Award
    • Most Promising Debut Director
    • Ritesh Batra
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui
    2014 Nominee Screen Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Star Box Office India Awards

  • Anurag Kashyap
    2014 Winner Box Office India Award
    • Return On Investment Film Of The Year
    • Anurag Kashyap
    • Arun Rangachari
    • Guneet Monga Kapoor
    The film with the maximum profitability in relation to its budget.

World Cinema Amsterdam

  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Winner World Cinema Amsterdam Audience Award
    • Ritesh Batra

North Carolina Film Critics Association

  • Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur in The Lunchbox (2013)
    2015 Nominee NCFCA Award
    • Best Foreign Language Film

Zagreb Film Festival

  • Ritesh Batra
    2013 Winner The Golden Pram
    • Best Film
    • Ritesh Batra

Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne

  • Nimrat Kaur
    2014 Nominee IFF Award
    • Best Actress
    • Nimrat Kaur
  • Irrfan Khan
    2014 Winner IFF Award
    • Best Actor
    • Irrfan Khan
  • Ritesh Batra
    2014 Nominee IFF Award
    • Best Director
    • Ritesh Batra

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