Country
France
Date
Mar 19, 2013
Note
Cannes Critics Week
Can you fall in love with someone you have never met?
1h 44min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Yashvi Punneet Nagar | Yashvi |
| Denzil Smith | Mr. Shroff |
| Shruti Bapna | Meherunissa |
| Lokesh Rai | Dukes Owner |
| Vidhya Dhar | Old Man in Train |
| Sadashiv Kondaji Pokarkar | Dabbawallah at Ila's House |
| Aarti Rathod | Saajan's Neighbor |
| Krishna Bai | Toothless Woman |
| Raj Rishi More | Ila's Brother |
| Santosh Kumar Chaurasiya | Autorickshaw Driver |
| Swapnil Shirirao | Dukes Waiter |
| Avijit Khanwilkar | Young Man in Train |
| Aakash Sinha | Autorickshaw 2 |
| Xavier Hodges | Very Old Couple |
| Rosemary Hodges | Very Old Couple |
| Hubart Vossoaker | Neighbor's Family |
| Rosemary Vossoaker | Neighbor's Family |
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| Flory Vossoaker | Neighbor's family |
| Sebastian Vossoaker | Neighbor's Family |
| Quitira Vossoaker | Neighbor's Family |
| Baaburao Sankpal | Dabbawallah at Saajan's Office |
| Chandrakantha Rajani | Saajan's Office Staff |
| Kancha Karki | Saajan's Office Staff |
| Ravindra Dubey | Saajan's Office Staff |
| Narendra Arora | Saajan's Office Staff |
| Ashwin Desai | Saajan's Office Staff |
| Mahesh Mahadev Salavkar | Office Peon |
| Krishna Mandal | Office Peon |
| Calvin Desilva | Cricket Kid |
| Craig Narona | Cricket Kid |
| Kyeron Kandoria | Cricket Kid |
| Shubh Jadav | Cricket Kid |
Genres
DramaRomance
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | The Lunchbox |
| Lingua originale | हिन्दी (HI) |
| Lingue parlate | English, हिन्दी |
| Paesi di produzione | France, Germany, India, United States of America |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | DAR Motion Pictures, A.S.A.P. Films, Sikhya Entertainment, National Film Development Corporation of India, Rohfilm, Cine Mosaic, ARTE France Cinéma, Dharma Productions, Nittin Keni Creations, UTV Motion Pictures |
| Sito ufficiale | sonyclassics.com |
| Data di uscita | 20 settembre 2013 |
| Exec. Producer | Lydia Dean Pilcher, Irrfan Khan, Ritesh Batra |
| Producer | |
| Writer | Ritesh Batra |
| Casting | Seher Aly Latif |
| Editors | John F. Lyons |
| Cinematography | Michael Simmonds |
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| Asst. Directors | Ritesh Batra |
| Camera Operators | Michael Simmonds |
| Add. Photography | Michael Simmonds |
| Production Design | Shruti Gupte, Snehal Phadtare, Akshi Kapoor |
| Art Direction | Snehal Phadtare, Shruti Gupte, Akshi Kapoor |
| Set Decoration | Akshi Kapoor, Shruti Gupte, Snehal Phadtare |
| Composer | Max Richter, Stephan Läufer, Markus Krohn |
| Sound | Max Richter, Stephan Läufer, Markus Krohn |
| Costume Design | Niharika Bhasin |
| Makeup | Niharika Bhasin |
| Hairstyling | Niharika Bhasin |
| Budget | 3.400.000 € |
| Incasso | 17.240.000 € |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Country
India
Date
Sep 20, 2013
Certification
U
Country
Germany
Date
Oct 30, 2013
Certification
0
Note
"LUNCHBOX" (Originalfassung mit deutschen Untertiteln) (Farbfilm) Prüf-Nr.: 141 560 K
Country
Brazil
Date
Feb 28, 2014
Certification
12
Digital
Country
Switzerland
Date
Sep 29, 2013
Certification
0
Country
Ireland
Date
Apr 11, 2014
Certification
12
Country
Japan
Date
Aug 09, 2014
Certification
G
Physical media
Country
Germany
Date
Nov 21, 2013
Certification
0
Note
"LUNCHBOX" (Farbfilm) Prüf-Nr.: 141 560 V
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