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Middle class housewife Ila is trying once again to add some spice to her marriage, this time through her cooking. She desperately hopes that this new recipe will finally arouse some kind of reaction from her neglectful husband. 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. 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.
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. Gradually, their notes become little confessions about their loneliness, memories, regrets, fears, and even small joys. 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. Still strangers physically, Ila and Saajan become lost in a virtual relationship that could jeopardize both their realities.
Original Release
05/19/2013
US Release
02/28/2014
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Irrfan Khan | Saajan Fernandes |
Nimrat Kaur | Ila |
Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Shaikh |
Lillete Dubey | Ila's Mother |
Nakul Vaid | Rajeev |
Bharti Achrekar | Auntie / Mrs. Khrishnan |
Yashvi Puneet Nagar | Yashvi |
Denzil Smith | Mr. Shroff |
Shruti Bapna | Mehrunnisa / Meherunissa |
Nasir Khan | Ila's Father |
Directors
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Irrfan Khan | Saajan Fernandes |
Nimrat Kaur | Ila |
Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Shaikh |
Lillete Dubey | Ila's Mother |
Nakul Vaid | Rajeev |
Bharti Achrekar | Auntie / Mrs. Khrishnan |
Yashvi Puneet Nagar | Yashvi |
Denzil Smith | Mr. Shroff |
Shruti Bapna | Mehrunnisa / Meherunissa |
Nasir Khan | Ila's Father |
Lokesh Raj | Duke's Owner |
Sadashiv Kondaji Pokarkar | Dabbawallah at Ila's House |
Aarti Rathod | Saajan's Neighbor |
Krishna Bai | Toothless Woman |
Raj Rishi More | Ila's Brother |
Santosh Kumar Chaurasiya | Autorickshaw Driver |
Avijit Khanwilkar | Young Man in Train |
Aakash Sinha | Autorickshaw 2 |
Xavier Hodges | Very Old Couple |
Rosemary Hodges | Very Old Couple |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Irrfan Khan | Executive Producer |
Ritesh Batra | Executive Producer |
Lydia Dean Pilcher | Executive Producer |
Vikramjit Roy | Executive Producer |
Gitika Aggarwal | Producer |
Shahnaab Alam | Producer |
Marc Baschet | Producer |
Benny Drechsel | Producer |
Nina Lath Gupta | Producer |
Achin Jain | Producer |
Smriti Jain | Producer |
Karan Johar | Producer |
Sunil John | Producer |
Siddharth Roy Kapur | Producer |
Anurag Kashyap | Producer |
Nitin Keni | Producer |
Cédomir Kolar | Producer |
Guneet Monga | Producer |
Sahab Narain | Producer |
Arun Rangachari | Producer |
Vivek Rangachari | Producer |
Shivani Saran | Producer |
Ronnie Screwvala | Producer |
Meraj Shaikh | Producer |
Karsten Stöter | Producer |
Danis Tanovic | Producer |
Shaan Vyas | Producer |
John F. Lyons | Producer |