A rare mistake by the efficient dabbawallas in Mumbai becomes a catalyst for a platonic love story between a widower and a woman struggling in her neglectful marriage in Ritesh Batra's 2013 epistolary romance The Lunchbox. The story encapsulates two solitary individuals finding solace through handwritten letters and homecooked meals. The themes of solitude, hope, connection and fate gently float throughout the movie making it a masterclass exploration of love, longing and loneliness. There's an age old saying in India: the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.