🎬 Film

The Lunchbox

A wrong delivery. A right connection.

["Critics Week Grand Prix \u2014 Cannes 2013","BAFTA Nomination Outstanding Film in a Non-English Language","National Board of Review Top 5 Foreign Language Films","Tribeca Film Festival Best International Film"]

About

The Lunchbox (2013) is Ritesh Batra's acclaimed debut feature starring Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur. A Mumbai dabba (lunchbox) is delivered to the wrong office, sparking a written correspondence between a lonely widow and a middle-aged widower preparing to retire. A tender, melancholy love story that became an international art house sensation — screened at Cannes and winning the Critics Week Grand Prix. The film showed Irrfan Khan's extraordinary subtlety as a film actor.

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Cast & Performance

Irrfan Khan
Irrfan Khan ✓ Verified Saajan Fernandes

Irrfan Khan's tender, restrained performance as the lonely accountant Saajan in The Lunchbox won the Cannes Critics Week Grand Prix and earned a BAFTA nomination.