The Lunchbox

Amazing movie. Wonderful mix of humor and melancholy. Great slow storytelling. Fantastic actors. Not for everyone, but a 9/10 for me.

Meri ammi kehti hai,"Kabhi kabhi galat train bhi sahi station par pahuncha deti hai".

I never had the slightest of idea that this is going to be an open ending movie. I personally hate these kinda movies but this one is so thought provoking that you keep thinking about it and keep coming back.

Must Watch film.
Every department has done its best in this film.
A Classic for sure.

The original title of this film is Dabba.

What a (bitter)sweet film.

I love how auntie has just been this voice from above. Hilarious.
I love the parallels. The fly, the fans…
And gosh the food looks incredibly good. Wish I could have tasted it myself. It takes magic!

This film was very different from what I was expecting, first of all because it's an Indian film and you know what to expect from an Indian film. Always full of bright colors, happy dance sequences (or even sad dance sequences) and of course, lot of singing. The Lunchbox is nothing like that.

The Lunchbox is a romantic drama about two strangers that start writing to each other because of a mistake in the delivery service of lunchbox's in Mumbai (I didn't knew about the Dabbawalas and it's an absolutely amazing system!). A young house wife is connected with an older and solitary widower, the man that receives her husband's lunchbox, and through those letters they developed a very strong and affective bond.

The film has a melancholic atmosphere and it's very honest. The fact that it portrays ordinary lives gives it a truthful feeling about the situations that we are watching. The emotions are not exaggerated and the performances by the three leading actors are great.

Irrfan Khan (who played the older Pi, in Life of Pi) gives an absolutely amazing performance. We can feel all the emotions that he wants to transmit to us and he does not need to force anything. Nimrat Kaur is very natural and portrays very well a woman who is not happy in her marriage life anymore. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is the funny character of this story and he really lights the atmosphere and will make you laugh in most of his scenes.

The Lunchbox a good debut for the Indian director Ritesh Batra that is definitely influenced by the european cinema and did a good job also writing this love story. It is engaging and will be interested the whole time.

Had potential but ending sucked.