<p>Ritesh Batra's epistolary romance 'The Lunchbox', starring Irrfan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, today bagged a nomination in the non-English best film category at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The film, which won widespread international acclaim, following its screening at Cannes Film Festival in 2013, is the only Indian film to be nominated at this year's ceremony.<br /><br />'The Lunchbox' will be competing against Pawel Pawlikowski's Polish-Danish drama 'Ida', Russian film 'Leviathan', Brazilian-British adventure thriller 'Trash' and Belgian movie 'Two Days, One Night' in the Film Not in the English Language category at the awards.<br /><br />Batra was elated with his debut film making it to the nominations list of the prestigious British awards.<br /><br />"Love and congrats to the whole team, and thanks BAFTA for the nomination. So honoured to be nominated alongside my favourite films of the year," Batra tweeted.<br />"It is a good validation to tell Indian stories to the world, if we don't tell our own stories, no one else will," he added.<br /><br />'The Lunchbox' revolves around the misplacement of a tiffin in Mumbai's efficient lunchbox delivery system. This wrong delivery of a lunchbox connects a neglected housewife (Nimrat) to an about to retire government servant (Irrfan). Nawaz plays the earnest but ignorant young replacement to Irrfan's character.<br /><br />"This one's sure a Pandora's Box! A BAFTA nomination for 'The Lunchbox'!! Big love and congrats to the whole team," actress Nimrat tweeted.<br /><br />"So awesome! 'The Lunchbox' nominated for BAFTA! Thank you Ritesh Batra for creating so much magic," Guneet Monga, who is one of the producers of the film, posted on Twitter.<br /><br />BAFTA awards will be hosted by Stephen Fry and take place on February 8.</p>
<p>Ritesh Batra's epistolary romance 'The Lunchbox', starring Irrfan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, today bagged a nomination in the non-English best film category at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The film, which won widespread international acclaim, following its screening at Cannes Film Festival in 2013, is the only Indian film to be nominated at this year's ceremony.<br /><br />'The Lunchbox' will be competing against Pawel Pawlikowski's Polish-Danish drama 'Ida', Russian film 'Leviathan', Brazilian-British adventure thriller 'Trash' and Belgian movie 'Two Days, One Night' in the Film Not in the English Language category at the awards.<br /><br />Batra was elated with his debut film making it to the nominations list of the prestigious British awards.<br /><br />"Love and congrats to the whole team, and thanks BAFTA for the nomination. So honoured to be nominated alongside my favourite films of the year," Batra tweeted.<br />"It is a good validation to tell Indian stories to the world, if we don't tell our own stories, no one else will," he added.<br /><br />'The Lunchbox' revolves around the misplacement of a tiffin in Mumbai's efficient lunchbox delivery system. This wrong delivery of a lunchbox connects a neglected housewife (Nimrat) to an about to retire government servant (Irrfan). Nawaz plays the earnest but ignorant young replacement to Irrfan's character.<br /><br />"This one's sure a Pandora's Box! A BAFTA nomination for 'The Lunchbox'!! Big love and congrats to the whole team," actress Nimrat tweeted.<br /><br />"So awesome! 'The Lunchbox' nominated for BAFTA! Thank you Ritesh Batra for creating so much magic," Guneet Monga, who is one of the producers of the film, posted on Twitter.<br /><br />BAFTA awards will be hosted by Stephen Fry and take place on February 8.</p>