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.

00:06:48 Good luck.

00:14:47 A problem, sir?

00:18:43 When I returned, you were not there.

00:22:30 "Dear Ila. Food today was very salty. "

00:28:18 fixed all day

00:30:55 I reach during our honeymoon.

00:36:14 I gave myself that name.

00:39:12 Tell!

00:41:32 Before I worked in a hotel.

00:44:24 How are you?

00:47:22 I forwarded all payment orders.

00:51:39 You need money?

00:54:55 houses of my childhood friends

00:59:22 I thought ... rather than Nasik, I could move there.

01:04:12 Hello

01:07:48 and you have never done the slightest mistake.

01:10:47 "Do not marry this guy, it will chain you to the stove. "

01:14:00 Me?

01:20:10 after his shower.

01:23:55 You know

01:28:35 What color?

01:31:26 I'm retired there for years.

02:05:01 feel like it was yesterday.

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 line02:05:01

Production Record

DirectorRitesh Batra

LanguageHindi

Budget$3,400,000

Revenue$17,240,000

IMDb votes63,217