Today I watched one of the underrated bollywood movie ‘The Lunchbox’. After watching the movie, I didn’t feel heavy or overwhelmed. I just felt… quiet. It’s not a loud film. There’s no big drama. But that’s what makes it so special. It shows how, in the middle of a fast and noisy city like Mumbai, something as simple as a lunchbox and a letter can change someone’s life.
What I really loved was how two strangers, both feeling lonely in their own lives, found comfort in each other’s words. They didn’t even meet. Just letters passed back and forth. Simple Honest words. Bas ek chhoti si galti, aur zindagi ka rukh badal gaya.
For me, It meant more like even the small actions matter. A lunch cooked with love. A kind sentence written after a tiring day. Even if you feel invisible, what you do can touch someone deeply. That’s something I really hold on to.
And I liked how the film showed Mumbai not with just chaos, but full of stories. The crowded trains, the tired faces, the homes filled with unsaid things, The dabbawalas singing while delivering the lunch boxes, The silence at lunch or the spinning fan. But inside that rush, there’s still space for stillness. For connection. For feeling.
The Lunchbox made me think that life doesn’t have to be big to be meaningful. Even a mistake, even a wrong delivery, can lead to something beautiful. We might feel like we’re just one small person in a huge city but even a tiny connection can bring meaning.
Like they say in the film, “Kabhi kabhi galat train bhi sahi station pahucha deti hai.”
That’s hope. That’s life. And maybe that’s enough.
P.S - The lunchbox touches more themes then above in the movie but i don’t want to keep writing about them. I think it’s one of a movie to contemplate everything and can be watched on a early saturday morning.