The 52nd Cannes International Critics Week unveiled its lineup today.
Among the 11 features screening in the sidebar, which showcases first and second films, there’s one film from India – debutant director Ritesh Batra’s Dabba (The Lunchbox). The film stars Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Nimrat Kaur.
And here’s the official synopsis from the site of one of the co-producers, Cine Mosaic
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai’s famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an old man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.
The Lunchbox is the story of the life we dream of versus the life we live in, and of the courage it takes to turn out fantasies into reality.
Apart from Dabba, Cannes will also screen Bombay Talkies and Monsoon Shootout.
This raises the tally of Nawaz’s films to 3. Yay to Nawaz Power!!