Bolstered with winning performances from Irrfan Khan (Life of Pi) and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, first-time director Ritesh Batra has reworked the classic ingredients of the ‘meet cute’ romantic comedy into a disarmingly original concoction to tantalise the taste-buds and warm the heart. A mistaken lunchbox delivery connects Ila, a neglected housewife, to Saajan (Irrfan Khan), a lonely man on the verge of retirement.
But this deceptively simple set-up belies an intelligent, beguiling and understated (no Bollywood songs) drama packed with delicious looking food and delightful insight. So begins a letter-based romance in the vein of such classics as Shop Around the Corner. A lonely Mumbai office worker receives the wrong packed lunch after a mix-up by the city’s famous dabbawala couriers, and is so impressed by its wonderful cuisine that he returns a note to its sender - a neglected housewife trying to rouse her husband’s affections. Link your DIRECTV account to Movies Anywhere to enjoy your digital collection in one place. Use to discover the best movies and tvshows to watch and find all legal streaming services playing it. Mismatched lunchboxes lead to an unlikely romance in the Indian drama that’s enchanted festival audiences around the globe, winning an audience award at Cannes and a Best Film nomination at the London Film Festival. Stream movie HD online on iTunes, Netflix, Youtube.