2013 · 104 min · NR

The Lunchbox

Name: The Lunchbox
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2013
Duration: 104 min
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Lillete Dubey, Nasir Khan

Directed by Ritesh Batra · Drama, Romance

The Lunchbox (2013) is a Drama film, directed by Ritesh Batra set in Mumbai during the 2010s.

Themes of love & longing, isolation, and memory & nostalgia run throughout.

Composer

Max Richter

Cinematography

Michael Simmonds

Cast

Irrfan KhanNimrat KaurNawazuddin SiddiquiLillete DubeyNasir KhanBharati AchrekarNakul VaidYashvi Punneet Nagar

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Mumbai

Setting

Urban

When

2010s

Premise & themes

Themes

Love & Longing Isolation Memory & Nostalgia

Tone

MelancholicRomanticContemplative

Shape

Protagonist

Two HanderFemale Led

Pacing

Slow Burn

Dialogue

Balanced

Based on

Pure Fiction

2019
Hotel Mumbai
Mumbai — 2000s
Urbandir. Anthony Maras
1998
Satya
Mumbai — 1990s
Urbandir. Ram Gopal Varma
2008
Slumdog Millionaire
Mumbai — 1990s · 2000s
Urbandir. Danny Boyle
2014
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Mumbai · Paris — 2010s
Rural · Urbandir. Lasse Hallström

The Lunchbox

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

More like this

Hotel Mumbai

Satya

Slumdog Millionaire

The Hundred-Foot Journey