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7.3/10 • 718

2013-09-20 • 1h 44m

DramaRomance

Can You Fall In Love With Someone You Have Never Met?

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.

Directors
Ritesh Batra
Editors
John F. Lyons

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Irrfan Khan

    Irrfan Khan

    Saajan Fernandes

  2. Nimrat Kaur

    Nimrat Kaur

    Ila

  3. Nawazuddin Siddiqui

    Nawazuddin Siddiqui

    Shaikh

  4. Lillete Dubey

    Lillete Dubey

    Ila's Mother

  5. Nasirr Khan

    Nasirr Khan

    Ila's Father

  6. Bharati Achrekar

    Bharati Achrekar

    Mrs. Khrishnan

  7. Nakul Vaid

    Nakul Vaid

    Rajeev

  8. Yashvi Punneet Nagar

    Yashvi Punneet Nagar

    Yashvi

  9. Denzil Smith

    Denzil Smith

    Mr. Shroff

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Dharunn

Apr 18, 2023

10/10

On the whole time, I'm watching the film like the guy who stares next to mr. Fernandez Desk with wired, bizarre, strange, funny, odd, curious, peculiar, erratic, crazy. "Dear ila, the food was very salty today"

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Status
Released
Original Language
Hindi
Budget
$3,400,000.00
Revenue
$17,240,000.00
Keywords
housewifemumbai (bombay), indiafoodtiffingastronomiaindian cuisinebollywood