The Lunchbox
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.
Director
Ritesh Batra
Studio
N/A
Release
2013-09-20
Runtime
104 min
Genres
Drama, Romance
Cast & Characters
Saajan Fernandes
Irrfan Khan
Ila
Nimrat Kaur
Shaikh
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Ila's Mother
Lillete Dubey
Ila's Father
Nasir Khan
Mrs. Khrishnan
Bharati Achrekar
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Critical Assessment
The Lunchbox holds 7.4/10 on TMDb (831 votes). (Not in OMDb — sourced from TMDb instead.)
Not enough independent critic/audience score breakdown available.
Ratings as of 2026-07-30
AI Verdict
AI-generatedBased on TMDb's aggregated score (7.4/10 on TMDb (831 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.