A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.
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. This wry and gently comic real charmer of a film expertly captures the almost overwhelming crush and noise of contemporary India, playing cleverly and delicately with the tension of whether its two correspondents might eventually meet. Irrfan Khan is tremendous. (Subtitles)
India 2013 Ritesh Batra 104m
