The Indian Film "The Lunchbox" is a Sumptuous Feast

The heartfelt Indian film, "The Lunchbox," is by award winning Dir./Screenwriter, Ritesh Batra and serves up plenty of charm.  Batra received the Film Fare Critic Award for Best Movie for this film.  Ila (Nimrat Kaur) is a young wife & mother who is trying to cook up some heat in her marriage.  Everyday she prepares a hot lunch for her husband which is picked up and delivered.  The complex delivery system for lunches is not infallible.  The lunch intended for her unappreciative husband is misdirected to an older widower, Saajan (Irrfan Khan.)  The delicious & lovingly prepared meal does not go unappreciated by Saajan and so ensues a written correspondence between the two.  Their notes to each other serve to rekindle compassion and a renewed outlook.  Ila is played by the impossibly gorgeous Nimrat Kaur who received the Star Guild Award for Best Actress in her role.  (Her husband in the movie obviously has no taste or eyesight.)  Saajan is played winningly by Irrfan Khan of Life of Pi & Slumdog Millionaire.  He has received the Nat'l Film Award for Best Actor.  This simple plot is rich with emotions.  Ila & Saajan felt bereft until their connection sparks life for both.  "We forget things when we have no one to listen to." The Lunchbox is a lavish feast.  "Sometimes the wrong train will get you to the right station."  Get to this film by any means.