The Lunchbox

Name: The Lunchbox
Director: Ritesh Batra
Released: 2013
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Lillete Dubey, Nakul Vaid

2013 · 104 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 63,217 VOTES · DIR. Ritesh Batra

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 859 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:10 It's raining today.

00:06:43 I did come early for you to truly form.

00:14:16 It was so boring?

00:17:28 What does he?

00:22:18 Empty yet. With a reply.

00:27:53 He did not say a word.

00:30:10 It will be the same in my death.

00:34:11 She did not survive?

00:37:52 Must we not courage to jump as well?

00:40:55 This is a joke, right?

00:43:04 I can wait ...

00:46:14 You probably were not yet born at the time.

00:48:54 for not to deal with this pain.

00:53:15 Okay.

00:56:17 And your uncle was the mother, wife.

01:01:39 You are radiant today.

01:06:06 -- Yes, I will go after lunch. -- This is urgent.

01:09:10 Okay, no vegetables. Nothing. Forgiveness.

01:12:04 I knew it! Meals, notes ...

01:16:29 Sir, you want to sit?

01:20:52 forward, back ...

01:24:56 Come see me at Nasik, on occasion.

01:29:24 People came to Harvard.

01:33:15 But do not break windows, understood?

Cast & Characters

Irrfan Khan Saajan Fernandes Nimrat Kaur Ila Nawazuddin Siddiqui Shaikh Lillete Dubey Ila's Mother Nakul Vaid Rajeev Bharti Achrekar Auntie Yashvi Puneet Nagar Yashvi Denzil Smith Mr. Shroff Shruti Bapna Mehrunnisa Nasir Khan Ila's Father

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed859

Dialogue density8.3 lines / min

First line00:01:10

Final line01:33:15

Production Record

DirectorRitesh Batra

LanguageHindi

Budget$3,400,000

Revenue$17,240,000

IMDb votes63,217