The premise for The Lunchbox is drawn from India’s extraordinarily efficient lunch delivery system. Couriers, known as Dabbawala’s, collect lunch boxes of hot food from restaurants or the residences of workers, deliver them to their workplace using a variation of bicycles and trains, before returning the empty boxes to their point of origin the very same afternoon. I watched on in awe; looked like a logistical nightmare but they are world-renowned for their organization and accuracy.
This heartwarming film, which transports a viewer to the hustle and bustle of contemporary India, tells the story of a rare casualty of the delivery system, and how the lives of two people; one a lonely accountant nearing retirement (Irrfan Khan, Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi), the other a young housewife (the beautiful Nimrat Kaur, The Peddlers) looking to win back her husband’s attention, were changed as a result.
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