As for Saajan, he metamorphoses from a gloomy, close-to-retirement government employee to that of a man searching for his long-lost soul mate.ĭebutant director Ritesh Batra does a magnificent job of encapsulating the interminable restlessness of a city that is constantly on the go. As the film progresses, Ila, a confused housewife, emerges a more confident woman who is ready to take a decision.
By this one-in-a-million mistake, the lives of two distinctly different individuals clash, leading to a romantic revival of familiarity through written correspondence in the age of emails.Īs the conversations between the two prolong, the topic shifts from the basic food to that of their lives, letting each individual open up more about themselves. Later realizing the mistake when her husband returns home, Ila encloses a note for the new recipient. However, all's not lost as the meticulously cooked dabba lands on the table of an unknowing and seemingly normal Saajan. However, despite her exquisite culinary skills and of course, the aid and constant prodding by a voice from the 'aunty' upstairs, Ila desolately fails. Ila, a young housewife, tries to gain the attention of her husband via the paraphrased route 'the way to a man's heart is through his stomach'. It also brings back memories of the days when people used to communicate through hand-written letters… and cell phones and emails were unheard of.
THE LUNCHBOX is a story of a beautiful relationship triggered by the wrong delivery of a lunchbox that's delivered daily within the bustling metropolis of Mumbai.Ī well-told old-fashioned romance, THE LUNCHBOX gracefully unknots the trials, tribulations, fears and hopes of everyday people sans the glamour that the city of Mumbai has become synonymous with. Now comes a film that tells the story of a gentle romance that blossoms in the swarming city of Mumbai between a young housewife and a middle-aged man. The dabbawalas of Mumbai have shot to global fame, getting invited for the royal wedding and also giving guest lectures in some of the business schools in India.
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