The Lunchbox

Name: The Lunchbox
Released: 2013
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Lillete Dubey, Nasir Khan

2013 · Movie · PG

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Audience evidenceThe verdict — who this is for, by the receipts

Made first for older women 1

The Lunchbox's audience scores lean most toward older women at 60 of 100, with comparable appeal to older men 1. Its overall reach is rated mainstream — mainstream, general-audience reach 2. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 4 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 3.

The receipts — every claim above is sourced

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Audience scoreolder women 60 of 100 is the top quadrant, with older men 53 close behind.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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ReachAudience breadth rated mainstream.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 4 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1

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Synopsis

A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.