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.

Cast

Irrfan Khan

as Saajan Fernandes

Nimrat Kaur

as Ila

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

as Shaikh

Lillete Dubey

as Ila's Mother

Nasirr Khan

as Ila's Father

Bharati Achrekar

as Mrs. Khrishnan

Nakul Vaid

as Rajeev

Yashvi Punneet Nagar

as Yashvi

Denzil Smith

as Mr. Shroff

Shruti Bapna

as Meherunissa

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