The Dabbawala Museum

‘The Dabbawala Museum’ and the film that put them on the artistic pedestal—The Lunchbox

A revisit, long overdue, has finally arrived, and it brings with it memories of a film that collared the heartbeat of a city. The launch of the Mumbai Dabbawala International Experience Centre (MDIEC) in Bandra rejuvenates the tender, stinging story of Ritesh Batra's The Lunchbox (2013). That film, like the museum now, honoured what had long remained in the background, the quiet machinery and emotional texture of everyday lives in Mumbai. When The Lunchbox released, it did something rare: it didn't just tell a love story, it mapped a city's emotional geography through stainless steel | Click Here...