LUNCHBOX – A meal for the soul
Irrfan- Film schools will be teaching students
in the years to come that just like Mahatma Gandhi walked on Indian soil for
independence, there was an actor by the name of Irrfan who walked for the sake
of promoting art. Please go see the film for his sheer talent. Irrfan will surprise you with his understated elegance and simplicity.
Ritesh Batra- This kind of craft
for a first feature film is hard to imagine, this is called research , development and execution all in one. Let’s all pause and give a standing
ovation to the man in our living rooms or wherever this blog reaches you.
Nimrat Kaur-The lady is
outstanding, she has been around doing advertisements and you can catch her eating chocolate at a traffic signal in a recent ad(ok, let's not go there), but here she turns around , dons a salwar kameez with her eyebrows not done and all focus on making the hubby happy with the dabba. She should not be labelled as the new Smita Patil, but should be
left alone to carve her own niche in the film industry. Her expressions match
Irrfan’s stroke by stroke.
Nawazzudin- he is fantastic as
the support cast and I think as soon as he steps out of the shoes of a leading
man and into the shoes of a support actor, he moves to a different level, like Leander
Paes in doubles tennis. Nawazzudin has been given a small but significant role,
which he essays to perfection.
What Kahaani did for Kolkata, The
Lunchbox does for Mumbai as it captures the daily life of Mumbai in the
background of the story. The chemistry between Nimrat and her neighbour , Nimrat and her mother, Irrfan and Nawazzudin is something which needs to be taught in film/acting schools as a subject.
A big thank you to Anuraag
Kashyap, Guneet Monga and Arun Rangachari for producing a tale of romance,
struggle, little joys and life.
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