Rohfilm, Cine Mosaic, ASAP Films, Sikhya Entertainment, DAR Motion Pictures, NFDCĪll Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 6,401-6,500)Īll Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 5,801-5,900) Relationships Gone Wrong, Food, Widow/Widower July 1st, 2014 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.įebruary 28th, 2014 (Limited) by Sony Pictures Classics Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office ListsĪll Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 6,501-6,600)Īll Time International Box Office (Rank 4,201-4,300)Īll Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,901-6,000)Īll Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 501-600) theaters, 8.6 weeks average run per theater $1,700,000 (worldwide box office is 9.1 times production budget)ģ opening theaters/165 max. Still strangers physically, Ila and Saajan become lost inĪ virtual relationship that could jeopardize both their realities.ġ2.10 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) They each discover a new sense of self and find an anchor to hold on to in the big city of Mumbai that so often crushes hopes and dreams. Gradually, their notes become little confessions about their loneliness, memories, regrets, fears, and even small joys.
#The lunchbox movie trailer series#
This begins a series of lunchbox notes between Saajan and Ila, and the mere comfort of communicating with a stranger anonymously soon evolves into an unexpected friendship. Curious about the lack of reaction from her husband, Ila puts a little note in the following day’s lunchbox, in the hopes of getting to the bottom of the mystery. She prepares a special lunchbox to be delivered to him at work, but, unbeknownst to her, it is mistakenly delivered to another office worker, Saajan, a lonely man on the verge of retirement.
She desperately hopes that this new recipe will finally arouse some kind of reaction from her neglectful husband. Its finesse qualifies this charmer as India's potential entry to the Oscars, The Lunchbox an unusual banquet, raising a bitter-sweet toast to life.Middle class housewife Ila is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage, this time through her cooking. As Fernandes eats Ila's lunches, every lick, every slurp, every little swallow comes through. Warming this feast is a wonderful screenplay - Bharti Achrekar, visible in voice as 'Aunty' - and sound recording that must be heard to be believed. The two are ably supported by chirpy, pesky Shaikh (Nawazuddin), Saajan's trainee, chopping vegetables on office files, melting the final barriers to Fernandes' frozen heart. Ila's story, housewives living for husbands who switch off, is beautifully conveyed. Quiet moments, like Nimrat's expression when she smells the world on her husband's shirts, catch you. Irrfan is matched by Nimrat's Ila, soft as a sandesh, but with a mysterious, molten heart. With moments like Fernandes catching himself in a street painter's sketch, Irrfan shows an ordinary life with extraordinary deftness, resurrecting that childhood uncle, who, begged to return your ball, would snarl, "Do I look like your servant?" Irrfan leads the way, underplayed, yet lasting, like a cardamom between your lips.
This movie is held together by delicate performances. Suddenly, the two are writing daily, sharing jokes, fears, passions for keema and kadhi - then, a desire to meet.
Annoyed by the stranger's lack of thanks, Ila sends him another lunchbox with a sarcastic note - he responds. He devours her delicacies, the empty box returned evidence of his enjoyment. One day, a lunchbox prepared by Ila (Nimrat) for her husband somehow reaches Saajan instead. His wife having died, the childless Saajan is a cold, prickly grouch avoided by all. Saajan Fernandes (Irrfan) is an accountant.