The Lunchbox

i dont even think i have the range to express the charm behind this film. the main trio, irrfan, nimrat and nawazzudin were outstanding. the way the scenes are structured are truly my favorite. what i liked the most about this film, the more you get into it, the more you realize why these characters are the way they are. the linkage between the suicide of ila’s brother and the mother-daughter who jumped off the building; how the ceiling fan linked both ila and saajan’s narrative; the similarity behind the  predicament of ila’s own mother and her neighbor; both women serving their ailing hubbies. i really loved how each story/plot point is intertwined into this huge bow; the viewer might not have even realized. one of my favorite “slice of life” / dramas