Fernandez (and, for that matter, like Ila). Shaikh’s an orphan from the poorer class striving to be middle class like Mr. Fernandes is befriended at the workplace by the energetic and pesty Shaikh (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), his designated young replacement. His brief notes placed in the lunchbox either compliment or criticize her meals, and their exchange of notes quickly move on from merely pleasantries to the sharing of confidences. Fernandes’s desk instead of on her husband’s. But because of a rare service error in the dabbawalla network, the stackable stainless steel dishes of her food arrive on Mr.
The lunches Ila prepares are carefully prepared with the advice of an unseen “Auntie” in the apartment upstairs.
The housewife cooks lunches for her husband that are delivered to him by white-jacketed couriers (called dabbawallas), through Mumbai’s celebrated meal-delivery system. Fernandes (Irrfan Khan) is a widowed office worker nearing retirement after 35 years of being an efficient accountant. Ila (Nimrat Kaur) is a neglected housewife with an estranged husband she hopes to woo back. It was shot on location in a bustling Mumbai, giving it an authentic atmosphere. Though it was fine, it could have used a little more spice. It’s about dealing with loneliness in an overcrowded Mumbai, that’s efficiently written and directed by India’s Ritesh Batra (“Photograph”/”The Sense of an Ending”), in his debut film. Shroff) Runtime: 105 MPAA Rating: PG producers Arun Rangachari, Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga : Sony Pictures Classics 2013-India-in Hindi with English subtitles)Ī gentle romantic crowd pleasing wryly comical old-school Hollywood type of drama with universal appeal. Lyons music: Max Richter cast: Nimrat Kaur (Ila), Irrfan Khan (Saajan), Lulette Debey (Ila’s Mother), Yashvi Paneet Nagar (Yashvi), Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Aslam Shaikh), Nakal Vaid (Ila’s Husband), Bharati Achrekar (Mrs. (director/writer:Ritesh Batra cinematographer: Michael Simmonds editor: John F.
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