Plot
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.
Release Year: 2013
Rating: 8.0/10 (6,229 voted)
Critic's Score: 73/100
Director: Ritesh Batra
Stars: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Storyline
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.
Writers: Ritesh Batra, Rutvik Oza
Cast: Irrfan Khan -
Saajan Fernandes
Nimrat Kaur -
Ila
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
Shaikh
Denzil Smith -
Mr. Shroff
Bharati Achrekar -
Mrs. Deshpande
Nakul Vaid -
Rajeev
Yashvi Puneet Nagar -
Yavshi
Lillete Dubey -
Ila's Mother
Shruti Bapna -
Mehrunnisa
Akash Sinha -
Himself
Once Rabindranath Tagore says about 'short stories'...
"Simple events of life happy or sad,/ Some sad strings from the train
of forgetfulness,/ Not fraught with heavy descriptions,/ Not crowded
with events,/ No advice, no philosophy/ Only the feeling that the story
is not yet over/ Although there is no more to read..."
'The Lunchbox' is a perfect example of a unique 'short story'. A little
love story with some little events and pain... but at the end there is
a new beginning.
The story is about a lonely old widower and a young neglected house
wife. They connected through a lunch box and some letters, and share
some emotional thought and experience of there daily life with each
other. They are totally stranger to each other, but love has found out
it's own way to enter.
There is a basic question about "Love"... 'Is it possible to fall in
love between two strangers'? "The Lunchbox" defines it brilliantly...
'Love has no definition and it never follows any rules. So there is a
possibility to fall in love with somebody whom we never meet. People
loves to fall in 'Love' again and again, it may be someone we know or
don't know or whom we already loved with'.
Irfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui are acted very well
through out the movie. Direction of Ritesh Batra is just too much
perfect. After interval, the movie is a little bit slow, may be it's a
situational demand. Overall it's an wonderful experience.
Lastly, the best part of the movie is 'The Ending'. "Only the feeling
that the story is not yet over, although there is no more to read".
There is something unspoken in this movie. It depends viewers to
viewers, where they actually like to go with "Sajan & Ila".
Strongly recommend to all cine goers... please watch it...
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