This
film is set in Mumbai, India.
There is a lunchbox delivery service called Dabbawalas. Ila carefully prepares a traditional
lunch of Indian food for her husband.
Usually, he doesn’t finish his meal and he doesn’t have anything to say
about the food. One day, her
lunchbox is given to the wrong man by the delivery service. Typically the delivery service is known for it's accuracy and mistakes are "never" made! Saajan Fernandes receives the lunchbox
and he is so amazed by the flavors of the food that he compliments the food at
the delivery service office. The
next day he again receives the wrong lunchbox and he includes a note in the
empty box. Ila is hesitant to
write back but she summons her courage and they begin writing to each other
each day. Ila is unsure about her
marriage because her husband seems so distant. Saajan is a lonely widower with 35 years of service to his
company and he is retiring at the end of the month.
This
film ends differently than I expected.
This is India and not the United States which makes a big
difference. I thought this was
good, interesting and there are
many cultural differences. It
would be nice to be able to cook this kind of food but it’s not easy and
requires many ingredients plus specialty items. 3 ½*
(I liked this movie)
104
min, Drama directed by Ritesh Batra with Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin
Siddiqui, Lillete Dubey, Nakul Vaid, Bharati Achrekar.
Note: Imdb 7.9 out of 10, 96% critic 87%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 76/100 with 29 critic reviews, user
score 7.9/10 with 29 ratings, Tampa Bay Times 100/100, Chicago Sun-Times
88/100, St. Louis Post-Dispatch 75/100, Entertainment Weekly 75/100.
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