The Lunchbox
“Can you fall in love with someone you have never met?”
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Cast
Irrfan Khan Nimrat Kaur 
Nawazuddin Siddiqui 
Lillete Dubey Nakul Vaid 
Bharti Achrekar
Credits
Written by: Ritesh Batra
Plot
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famous lunchbox system puts a lonely housewife in a written correspondence with a lonely widower, and a delicate bond grows between them.
Sinekatalog’s take
A gentle, charming and quietly moving romance.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (70,300 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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