The Lunchbox is a 2013 Indian romantic film written and directed by
Ritesh Batra, and produced by
Guneet Monga,
Anurag Kashyap, and Arun Rangachari. The film was jointly produced by various studios including
DAR motion pictures,
UTV Motion Pictures,
Dharma Productions,
Sikhya Entertainment,
NFDC (India), ROH Films (Germany), ASAP Films (France), and the Cine Mosaic (United States). It stars
Irrfan Khan,
Nimrat Kaur and
Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead roles. The film was screened at International Critics' Week at the
2013 Cannes Film Festival, and later won the Critics Week Viewers Choice Award also known as Grand Rail d'Or. It was shown at the
2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released in India on 20 September 2013. The film was a box-office success.