Lunch letters

Sometimes the wrong train can get you to the right station.

That is most definitely the theme of this lovely movie. Shot in Mumbai where so-called dabbawalas deliver some 130,000 lunch boxes everyday, this film tracks the lives of two people who are inadvertently thrown together, albeit at a distance. A love story of sorts, but far more a gentle, quiet portrait of ordinary lives, and how they may sometimes intertwine, but how dreams or ideals never come to fruition and people continue to live their ordinary lives.

But, as the saying goes, even the wrong train may get you to the right station and in this case both main characters make decisions to alter their lives, after having been on the wrong track for a bit. So yes, they may be heading towards their own right station, although we’ll never know because the ending is open and will leave you pondering the rights or wrongs of their (in-)actions.

Absolutely loved this film and if you’re looking for a genteel way to spend an hour and a half, go and watch this movie!

Adrian