The Lunchbox (Original title)
Date: 2013 (Copyright)Countries: India, France, Germany, USA, ItalyDirector: Ritesh Batra
Synopsis: Drama/Romance. When a lunchbox prepared by Ila for her emotionally distant husband is mistakenly delivered to Saajan, a lonely accountant on the brink of retirement, they strike up an intimate correspondence that details their inner thoughts and life stories.
Genres: Drama, Romance
Subject: Letter writing
Releases
Date: 20 September 2013Country: IndiaRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 105 mins Dialogue (original): Hindi
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 104 mins 58 secs - Dialogue (original): Hindi / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 11 April 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 105 mins 9 secs - Length: 9463 FeetDialogue (original): Hindi / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Artificial Eye Film Company
Date: 2013 (Copyright)Countries: India, France, Germany, USA, ItalyDirector: Ritesh Batra
Synopsis: Drama/Romance. When a lunchbox prepared by Ila for her emotionally distant husband is mistakenly delivered to Saajan, a lonely accountant on the brink of retirement, they strike up an intimate correspondence that details their inner thoughts and life stories.
Genres: Drama, Romance
Subject: Letter writing
Releases
Date: 20 September 2013Country: IndiaRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 105 mins Dialogue (original): Hindi
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 104 mins 58 secs - Dialogue (original): Hindi / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 11 April 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 105 mins 9 secs - Length: 9463 FeetDialogue (original): Hindi / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Artificial Eye Film Company
Credits
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©: AKFPL, ©: ARTE France Cinéma, ©: ASAP Films, ©: Dar Motion Pictures, ©: NFDC, ©: Rohfilm, Production Company: Rohfilm, Production Company: Cine Mosaic, Production Company: A.S.A.P. Films, Production Company: Sikhya Entertainment, In co-production with: ARTE France Cinéma, National Film Development Corporation (India), With the participation of: Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, With the participation of: Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, With the participation of: Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, Institut Français, With the support of: Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, ARTE France, Supported by: Film Bazaar, Supported by: Sundance Institute Feature Film Program, Supported by: Sundance Institute/Time Warner Fellowship, Supported by: Sundance Institute/Annenberg Feature Film Fellowship, Supported by: Berlinale Talent Project Market, Supported by: TorinoFilmLab, Supported by: Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Supported by: Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée, Supported by: Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, Institut Français, Presents: DAR Motion Pictures, International Sales: The Match Factory, Executive Producer: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Executive Producer: Irrfan Khan, Executive Producer: Ritesh Batra, Produced by: Arun Rangachari, Produced by: Anurag Kashyap, Produced by: Guneet Monga, Co-produced by: Nina Lath Gupta, Co-produced by: Shanaab Alam, Co-produced by: Vivek Rangachari, Co-produced by: Sunil John, Co-produced by: Nittin Keni, Co-produced by: Karsten Stöter, Co-produced by: Benny Drechsel, Co-produced by: Cedomir Kolar, Co-produced by: Marc Baschet, Danis Tanovic, Line Producer: Meraj Shaikh, Line Producer: Smirti Jain, Unit Production Manager: Sumit Gyanchandaney, Unit Production Manager: Naved Farooqui, Location Manager: Naved Farooqui, 1st Assistant Director: Prerna Saigal, Script Supervisor: Neema Sharma, Casting: Seher Latif, Written by: Ritesh Batra, Hindi Dialogues: Vasan Bala, Nimrat Kaur, Director of Photography: Michael Simmonds, Visual Effects: Future Works Media Ltd, Editor: John F. Lyons, Production Designer: Shruti Gupte, Art Director: Snehal Phadtare, Costume Designer: Niharika Bhasin Khan, Make-up and Hair Team: Serina Tixeira, Make-up and Hair Team: Ashish Garase, Make-up and Hair Team: Sarita Salvi, Deepak Panpatil, Credits: Color'M, Géraldine Desindes, Music Composer: Max Richter, Piano: Max Richter, Head of Sound Department: Michael Kaczmarek, Sound Recordist: Ramesh Birajdar, Dialogue Edit and Sound Design: Tom Korr, Sound Design: Jörg Theil
Cast
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Irrfan Khan (Saajan Fernandes), Nimrat Kaur (Ila), Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Shaikh), Lillete Dubey (Ila’s mother), Nakul Vaid (Rajeev), Bharati Achrekar (Mrs Krishnan), Yashvi Punneet Nagar (Yashvi), Denzil Smith (Mr Shroff), Shruti Bapana (Meherunissa), Nasir Khan (Ila’s father)