The Lunchbox is a simmering multi-layered tiffin box of emotions set in modern day Mumbai that should be watched and feasted upon.
Each day Ila, seeking to reignite passion with her husband, prepares his lunchbox comprising of many tiffin boxes which is collected by the enormous lunchbox service to be delivered to his work. However the lunchbox service delivers to the whole of Mumbai. Each night she awaits compliments from her husband but soon discovers that her lunchbox is being delivered to someone else. An unlikely friendship starts between Ila and Saajan who receives her lunchbox through letters left in the tiffin box which lead both of them unexpected realisations about what they actually want for their lives and where they are heading.
The film also gives a realistic portrait of everyday busy, bustling Mumbai life and touches on universal truths including: love, friendship, loneliness, betrayal, hope, despair which are at times spicy and at times mild.
Don’t let this tiffin box of a love story pass you by – it should be experienced by all – a visual feast for the heart and eyes.
Lonely housewife Ila (Nimrat Kaur) decides to try adding some spice to her stale marriage by preparing a special lunch for her neglectful husband. Unfortunately, the delivery goes astray and winds up in the hands of Saajan (Irrfan Khan), an irritable widower. Curious about her husband’s lack of response, Ila adds a note to the next day’s lunchbox, and thus begins an unusual friendship in which Saajan and Ila can talk about their joys and sorrows without ever meeting in person.
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