The Lunchbox poster

The Lunchbox

Can you fall in love with someone you have never met?

7.4(860)20131h 44m4

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
Budget
$3.4M
Box office
$17.2M
Language
English
  • housewife
  • mumbai (bombay), india
  • food
  • tiffin
  • indian cuisine

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Ritesh Batra

Produced in

France, Germany, India, United States of America

Gallery

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • TheatricalU20 Sept 2013
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1228 Feb 2014
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Critics Week19 Mar 2013
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical0"LUNCHBOX" (Originalfassung mit deutschen Untertiteln) (Farbfilm) Prüf-Nr.: 141 560 K30 Oct 2013
    • Physical0"LUNCHBOX" (Farbfilm) Prüf-Nr.: 141 560 V21 Nov 2013
  • IrelandIE

    • Digital / OTT1211 Apr 2014
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTG9 Aug 2014
  • SwitzerlandCH

    • Digital / OTT029 Sept 2013

Frequently asked questions

The Lunchbox was released on 20 September 2013.

Audience reviews

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  • D

    Dharunn

    4/18/2023

    10/10

    On the whole time, I'm watching the film like the guy who stares next to mr. Fernandez Desk with wired, bizarre, strange, funny, odd, curious, peculiar, erratic, crazy. **"Dear ila, the food was very salty today"**

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