- HD 1080
- Runtime: 104m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: hi
- Country: France, Germany, India, United States of America
- Director: Ritesh Batra
- Stars: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Lillete Dubey, Nasirr Khan
- keywords: housewife, mumbai (bombay), india, food, tiffin, gastronomia, indian cuisine
- Production_studio: DAR Motion Pictures, Asap Films, Sikhya Entertainment, National Film Development Corporation of India, Rohfilm, Cine Mosaic, ARTE France Cinéma, Dharma Productions, Nittin Keni Creations, UTV Motion Pictures
- Slogan: Can You Fall In Love With Someone You Have Never Met?
- The The Lunchbox is featured in the top rankings of 2013
- #14 in Top Romance Movies of 2013
- #77 in Top Drama Movies of 2013
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.