THE LUNCHBOX (2013)

In India, the Dabbawalas is an extensive lunch service that delivers thousands of hot lunches to workers every day, fresh and homemade and served in containers that are then returned every night to those who cook the meals.  The service is known for its flawless inability to make mistakes ... which is where the plot of The Lunchbox comes in, when an unhappily-married woman in Mumbai, named Ila (Nimrat Kaur), has a lunch intended for her husband accidentally delivered to the soon-to-be-retired Saajan (Life of Pi's Irrfan Khan), who in turns sends back a note with his opinion on the meal.  Thus begins a correspondence, via notes and Ila's lunches, between two lonely hearts that will change both and potentially lead to more, as the two open up to each other in ways that probably wouldn't have happened in person.  The Lunchbox is sweet, funny, dramatic, and a modern-day love story that should be seen far outside its native India.  A beautiful film. (rated PG)  A

THE LUNCHBOX trailer