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| Irrfan Khan - The Lunchbox |
Director Ritesh Bantra has had a major success with his indie film, The Lunchbox which mixes romance and food together in the context of Mumbai's remarkable lunchbox delivery system. Only one in four million home-cooked meals which are transported via a multi-person courier system are believed to be incorrectly delivered. For this film, the one wayward meal links a housewife, seeking to impress her husband, with a widowed office worker in the insurance industry on the verge of retirement. Ila, the young housewife (Nimrat Kaur), is trying to use her cooking to reach out to her emotionally distant husband and inadvertently her delicious meals are delivered to the solitary, disillusioned office worker Saajan (Irrfan Khan) which triggers correspondence between the two via the lunchbox. This creates a rich fantasy for them both and an appraisal of their respective lives. The film also delivers an array of social observation on class, caste and social standing in Indian society.
For those who often find Indian films either too long or Bollywood soap-operish in style, The Lunchbox is a welcome departure and a delight to watch. Well paced with masterful acting by its lead actors, the story transcends different nationalities and cultures.
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