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CriticCrunch has 3 Ritesh Batra titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile.
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A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.
Dir. Ritesh Batra · With Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.
Dir. Ritesh Batra · With Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Matthias Schoenaerts
A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.
Dir. Ritesh Batra · With Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter
