Helen Hu (27 January 2014). "Q&A: Ritesh Batra, director of "The Lunchbox" ". The Eagle . Retrieved 6 August 2015. Tiffin carriers or dabbas are a kind of lunch box used widely in Asia and the Caribbean for tiffin meals. From India, they spread to Pakistan, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Fiji, Mauritius, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, where they are now widely used. [1] [2] They are also used extensively in Hungary, primarily to transport restaurant meals for consumption at home. The Hungarian version typically contains soup, a main course, and piece of cake. A very similar device is called Henkelmann in Germany. It is usually round or oval similar to military mess kits. The Henkelmann was very popular until the 1960s, but is very rarely used by Germans today.

Indian vegetarian dishes ideally balance the combination of protein, fiber, fat, and sugar to boost our system. Especially dals, roti, vegetables, rice in your lunch meal make them healthier. Mehta, Ankita (21 February 2014). "IIFA Awards 2014 Nominations: Deepika Padukone and 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' Lead; Complete List of Nominees". International Business Times . Retrieved 4 April 2014. NDMC launches new project to make unemployed women self-reliant". Business Line. Press Trust of India. 13 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023 . Retrieved 2 May 2017. Batra completed the first draft of the screenplay in 2011. [5] He was assisted by Rutvik Oza. [8] It went on to win an Honorable Jury Mention at the 2012 Cinemart at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. Thereafter the project was part of the Talent Project Market of Berlin International Film Festival and was mentored at the screenwriter's lab (Torino Film Lab) at the Torino Film Festival. [7] The character of Ila played by Nimrat Kaur, six months prior to the shooting, and the character played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui was further developed and improvised during shooting. [5] Casting [ edit ] RIFF 2013 Awards: Still Life wins Golden Puffin". Reykjavík International Film Festival. 5 October 2013. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014 . Retrieved 4 April 2014.Leahy, Joe (26 October 2010). "MUMBAI'S DABBAWALLAS: High-tech meets low-tech over lunch". Financial Times. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018 . Retrieved 21 March 2021. Ravichandran, N. (1 September 2005). World class logistics operations: The case of Bombay dabbawallahs (PDF). Ahmedabad: Indian Institute of Management. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015 . Retrieved 2 May 2014. The Lunchbox 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 theatres in India on 20 September 2013. The Lunchbox was a box-office success and received unanimous critical acclaim. It was Khan's highest-grossing Hindi film, until it was surpassed by Hindi Medium (2017). The Lunchbox was nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language at the 2015 British Academy Film Awards. Ritesh Batra, who had made short films, The Morning Ritual, Gareeb Nawaz Ki Taxi and Cafe Regular, Cairo, started researching for a documentary on the famous Lunchbox delivery system of Mumbai, dabbawala, known for their efficiency, however after spending a week with them in 2007, he got to know of many interesting personal stories they would overhear while waiting outside an apartment. This idea gave birth to the idea of the film, and instead of making the documentary he began writing a film script. [4] [5] In time the film became a joint production between Sikhya Entertainment, DAR motion pictures, National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), India, ROH Films, Germany, ASAP Films, France and the Cine Mosaic, US of Lydia Dean Pilcher who previously produced films like, The Talented Mr Ripley (1999) and The Namesake (2007), and Germany's Match Factory became its international sales agent. [6] [7] Writing [ edit ] In India, this film was released in more than 400 screens on 20 September 2013. [17] [18] In Japan, a Japanese dubbed version of the film was released on 9 August 2014, screening in a hundred theaters. [19] Box office [ edit ]

a b c d e " 'Lunchbox' is a very personal film: Ritesh Batra". Zee News. 5 May 2013 . Retrieved 27 May 2013. The earliest meetings of the Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Association were held in the open air. They took up premises in 1943 and settled the headquarters at Dadar in 1962. Located on the first floor of a building, the premises consist of a large, simply furnished room. A large mirrored painting of Saint Dnyaneshwar with Vithoba adorns one corner. Other portraits adorning the room include those of Bal Gangadhar Tilak and the founder of the association, Mahadeo Havaji Bachche. [21]Upper Crust::: India's food, wine and style magazine". Archived from the original on 22 October 2002 . Retrieved 3 May 2017. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)