A film that bagged an award at Cannes this year tells of a love story aided unwittingly by the noted 'dabbawallas' of Mumbai Most people sniff out aromas of food from a lunchbox, but Ritesh Batra got the whiff of home-cooked stories from the 'dabbas', or tiffins of Mumbai. In 2007, Batra, a filmmaker, was researching for a documentary on Mumbai's famed 'dabba' system - a globally recognised, precisely managed food delivery operation - when he found little "germs of stories" in the casual conversations of the 'dabbawalas', or tiffin carriers. "I realised that the dabbawalas' points of reference for the several houses they serviced were these little boxes. They would say things like, 'This wife takes too long to cook';'This woman makes the same dishes everyday';'In this house, the mother-in-law decides everything' - little nuggets from each house, " says Batra.
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