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The Lunchbox ()


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A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.

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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 29 wins & 45 nominations.
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Cast

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Saajan Fernandes
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Ila
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Shaikh
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Ila's Mother
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Rajeev
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Auntie
Yashvi Puneet Nagar ...
Yashvi
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Mr. Shroff
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Mehrunnisa
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Ila's Father
Lokesh Raj ...
Duke's Owner
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
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
Rajendra Dubey ...
Saajan's Office Staff
Narendra Arora ...
Saajan's Office Staff
Ashwin Desai ...
Saajan's Office Staff
Mahesh Mahadev Salavkar ...
Office Peon
Krishna Mandal ...
Office Peon
Calvin Desilva ...
Cricket Kid
Craig Narona ...
Cricket Kid
Kyeron Kandoria ...
Cricket Kid
Shubh Jadav ...
Cricket Kid
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Md Anan Islam
Rita Sonal Panjatan ...
(voice)
Swapnil Shrirao ...
Duke's Waiter

Directed by

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Ritesh Batra

Written by

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Ritesh Batra ... (screenplay)
 
Vasan Bala ... (hindi dialogue consultant)

Produced by

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Gitika Aggarwal ... associate producer
Shahnaab Alam ... co-producer
Marc Baschet ... co-producer
Ritesh Batra ... executive producer
Lydia Dean Pilcher ... executive producer
Benny Drechsel ... co-producer
Nina Lath Gupta ... co-producer
Achin Jain ... co-producer
Smriti Jain ... line producer
Karan Johar ... co-producer
Sunil John ... co-producer
Siddharth Roy Kapur ... co-producer
Anurag Kashyap ... producer
Nitin Keni ... co-producer (as Nittin Keni)
Irrfan Khan ... executive producer
Cédomir Kolar ... co-producer
John F. Lyons ... associate producer
Guneet Monga Kapoor ... producer (as Guneet Monga)
Sahab Narain ... associate producer
Arun Rangachari ... producer
Vivek Rangachari ... co-producer
Vikramjit Roy ... executive producer
Shivani Saran ... supervising producer
Ronnie Screwvala ... co-producer
Meraj Shaikh ... line producer
Karsten Stöter ... co-producer
Danis Tanovic ... co-producer
Shaan Vyas ... associate producer: AKFPL

Music by

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Max Richter

Cinematography by

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Michael Simmonds

Editing by

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John F. Lyons

Editorial Department

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Jean-Michel Petit ... colorist
Prerna Saigal ... post-production coordinator

Casting By

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Seher Latif

Production Design by

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Shruti Gupte

Set Decoration by

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Pradeep Paul Francis ... (on set dresser)
Akshi Kapoor

Costume Design by

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Niharika Bhasin ... (as Niharika Khan)

Makeup Department

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Vijay Shikare ... Personal makeup artist:Irrfan Khan
Serina Tixeria ... makeup designer (as Serena Tixeira)

Production Management

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Sachin Agarwal ... location production manager
Naved Farooqui ... unit production manager
Dilip Gupta ... assistant production manager
Sumit Gyanchandaney ... unit production manager
Rahul Jadhav ... production manager
Raj Rishi More ... assistant post production manager
Bhaskar Mukherjee ... production manager
Shah Naimish ... syndication servicing and operations senior manager
Agarwal Sachin ... location production manager
Raut Shweta ... assistant production manager
Jedediah Sklower ... post-production manager
Anna Vilgelmi ... post-production manager (as Anna Wilhelmi)
Avinash Viswanathan ... post production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Iqbal Khan ... second assistant director
Avijit Khanwilkar ... second second assistant director
Raj Rishi More ... assistant director
Ashish Ranglani ... second assistant director
Sangram S ... assistant director
Prerna Saigal ... first assistant director
Neema Sharma ... assistant director
Sanjeev Tripathi ... trainee assistant director

Sound Department

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Ramesh Birajdar ... sound mixer
Valerio Brini ... re-recording mixer: Italian Language
Michael Kaczmarek ... re-recording mixer
Tom Korr ... sound editor / sound effects editor
Markus Krohn ... foley editor
Stephan Läufer ... sound effects editor
Michael Nagel ... assistant sound editor
Peter Sandmann ... foley artist
Sudesh Sidhu ... boom operator
Aravind Vijayakumar ... adr engineer
Janne von Busse ... foley editor

Visual Effects by

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Sultan Bal ... fx artist
Vinay Singh Chuphal ... visual effects supervisor
Yarlagadda Ganapathi ... compositor
Abhishek Goel ... senior di producer: Filmlab
Aziz Merchant ... compositor
Vishal Parmar ... sr. compositor
Prasad Patel ... senior compositor
Pratik Redkar ... visual effects artist
Manoj Sakesh ... visual effects artist
Parikshat Tyagi ... compositor: Futureworks (as Parikshit Tyagi)
Anuj Upadhyay ... digital compositor
Nilesh Uttarwar ... compositor

Stunts

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Tanveer Singh Maan ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Rubb Bhungdawala ... gaffer
Siddharth Diwan ... additional cinematographer
Raju Anjanna Gadam ... lighting technician
Tanmay Kant ... digital imaging technician
Sanjay Kumar Kesari ... first assistant camera
Afzal Khan ... dolly grip/grip
Fazal Khan ... key grip
Sidharth Meer ... digital imaging technician
Raju-Gadam ... best boy
Vaza Sanket ... digital camera technician
Dasharath Uttam Shelke ... still photographer
Karamjit Singh ... assistant camera

Casting Department

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Shubham Gaur ... casting assistant
Girish Sharma ... casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Mallika Chauhan ... costume supervisor
Tasneem Khan ... assistant costume designer
Krisna Krishnankutty ... costume assistant

Location Management

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Naved Farooqui ... location manager

Music Department

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Henning Fuchs ... composer assistant

Script and Continuity Department

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Olivia Stewart ... screenplay consultant

Additional Crew

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Manpreet Bacchhar ... manager
André Des Rochers ... production counsel
Neo Juris Gitika Aggarwal ... legal advisor
Mandy Goldberg ... director of development
Kavita Gupta ... CFO
Varun Gupta ... marketing manager
Achin Jain ... executive producer: akfpl
Neha Kaul ... international distribution and marketing
Parth Khurana ... production intern
Richard Lormand ... publicity: International
Emily McEvoy ... creative executive: Cine Mosaic
Apoorva Mehta ... ceo: dharma productions
Lauren Mekhael ... finance executive
Arnab k Middya ... Marketing and Promotion
Raj Rishi More ... research and development
Prakash Nathan ... marketing: distribution & syndication
Chinni Nihalani ... creative director: promo campaign
Abdul Rahim Shaikh ... production accountant
Bhavyanshu Singh ... production Intern
Chandan Singh ... production accountant
Jedediah Sklower ... subtitling
Anusha Srinivasan ... Media Strategists
Anita Surendran ... legal services

Thanks

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Gyula Gazdag ... special thanks
Leena Khobragade ... we all would like to thank
Ilyse McKimmie ... special thanks
Lauren Mekhael ... thanks
Marten Rabarts ... special thanks
Michelle Satter ... special thanks
Jinal Ketan Shah ... thanks (as Jinal Shah)
Alesia Weston ... special thanks

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Distributors

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Special Effects

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

The film, set in Mumbai, revolves around a mistaken delivery by the Dabbawalas (lunchbox service) of Mumbai, which leads to a relationship between Saajan, a lonely widower close to retirement, and Ila, an unhappy housewife, as they start exchanging notes through the daily lunchbox. Written by Iceman

Plot Keywords
Taglines Can you fall in love with someone you have never met? See more »
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Additional Details

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Also Known As
  • Lunchbox (Germany)
  • Saveurs indiennes (Canada, French title)
  • Okus po ljubezni (Slovenia)
  • Amor a la carta (Mexico)
  • Amor a la carta (Chile)
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Runtime
  • 104 min
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Box Office

Budget $1,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia In order to bring authenticity to the role and for knowing each other well enough to share the love and resentment among the couple as per the story in the film, Nimrat Kaur (Ila) and her onscreen husband Nakul Vaid (Rajeev) stayed at the same house as shown in the movie for weeks and spent days extensively rehearsing their part and adjusting to it prior to the other cast members even getting finalized. See more »
Goofs After his marriage, Shaikh tells Saajan that on their first train ride together he got into the first class compartment without a ticket. However, during their first ride the train seat seen is that of the second class. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in 59th Idea Filmfare Awards (2014). See more »
Quotes Saajan Fernandes: I think we forget things if there is nobody to tell them.
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