The Lunchbox (2013)

Dabba

Plot: In Mumbai, the lonely widower Saajan Fernandes works in the accounting department of a company and is near retirement. He is assigned to train his replacement Shaikh, who is a needy orphan. One day, Fernandes mistakenly receives the lunchbox prepared by the housewife Ila to her estranged husband Rajeev and Fernandes believes that the restaurant where he buys his food improved the meal. On the next day, he receives a note from Ila inside the lunchbox and they begin to correspond to each other. Ila suspects that her husband is having a love affair and everyday Fernandes and Ila become anxious to read the note from the other. One day, Ila invites Fernandes to meet her in a restaurant. What will be their reactions in the encounter?

Alternative Plot: Lonely housewife Ila (Nimrat Kaur) decides to try adding some spice to her stale marriage by preparing a special lunch for her neglectful husband. Unfortunately, the delivery goes astray and winds up in the hands of Saajan (Irrfan Khan), an irritable widower. Curious about her husband's lack of response, Ila adds a note to the next day's lunchbox, and thus begins an unusual friendship in which Saajan and Ila can talk about their joys and sorrows without ever meeting in person.

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