Tag: Irrfan Khan

The Lunchbox (dir. Ritesh Batra, 2013)

The Lunchbox (dir. Ritesh Batra, 2013)

Published May 27, 2021 By Katherine Matthews

This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on September 20, 2013. “The 5,000 or so dabbawalas in the city have an astounding service record. Every working day they transport more than 130,000 lunch boxes throughout Mumbai, the world’s fourth-most-populous city. That entails conducting upwards of 260,000 transactions in six hours…

Doob: No Bed of Roses (dir. Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, 2017)

Published May 26, 2021 By Katherine Matthews

This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on August 28, 2018. “Why does your father always cast you in his films?” a young Nitu (Parno Mittra) asks Saberi (Tisha) as the two eat from their lunch boxes. “If you want, I’ll ask him to cast you next time,” Saberi tells…

Qissa: The Ghost is a Lonely Traveller (dir. Anup Singh, 2013)

Published May 26, 2021 By Katherine Matthews

This post first appeared on Totally Filmi on August 6, 2020, Set in post-Partition India, Qissa (“Folktale”) introduces us to Sikh patriarch Umber Singh (Irrfan Khan). Forced to leave his village (in Pakistan territory), Umber takes his family (consisting of his wife, two daughters, and a newborn baby girl whom…