The Lunchbox, winner of Critics' Week Viewers Choice Award at Cannes 2013 releases across India on 20th September, 2013. The film directed by Ritesh Batra has Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead roles. CAST: Irrfan Khan as Saajan Nimrat Kaur as Ila Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Shaikh (Saajan's Colleague) Denzil Smith as Mr. Shroff Bharati Achrekar as Mrs. Krishnan Nakul Vaid as Ila's Husband Yashvi Puneet Nagar as Yashvi Lillete Dubey as Ila's Mother SYNOPSIS: 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. Unknowing to her is that the special lunchbox she prepared has been mistakenly delivered to an 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. But since they've never met, Ila and Saajan become lost in a virtual relationship that could jeopardize both their realities.

• published: 10 Sep 2013
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