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Ritesh Batra

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 06/12/1979 (44) | Mumbai (India)
Ritesh Batra (born 12 June 1979) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. Batra's Hindi-language debut feature film The Lunchbox premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and won the Rail d’Or (Grand Golden Rail). Batra also won the Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best First Feature Film in 2014. The Lunchbox was the highest-grossing foreign film in North America, Europe and Australia for 2014 grossing over US$25 Million. The film was also nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language in 2015. He then directed the English-language film The Sense of an Ending (2017), an adaptation of Julian Barnes’ Booker Prize-winning novel. 2017 also saw the release of Batra's Our Souls at Night on Netflix . Batra's latest film is ()
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Ritesh Batra (born 12 June 1979) is an Indian filmmaker.Batra is widely known for his debut feature film The Lunchbox starring Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Nimrat Kaur, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013 and won Rail d’Or (Grand Golden Rail). Batra also won the Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best First Feature Film in 2014. The Lunchbox has been called the highest grossing foreign film in America, Europe and Australia for the year of 2014 grossing over 25 Million USD/180 Crore INR.Batra was nominated for a BAFTA Award for The Lunchbox in the category Film Not in the English language in 2015.[1]He has directed the English-language film The Sense of an Ending, starring Jim Broadbent. The film is an adaptation of Julian Barnes’ Booker Prize-winning novel The Sense of an Ending.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Ritesh Batra

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Movies with Ritesh Batra as Crew(18)

Directing/Director2023 Little Bee
Directing/Director2019 Photograph
Production/Producer2019 Photograph
Writing/Writer2019 Photograph
Directing/Director2017 The Sense of an Ending
Directing/Director2017 Our Souls at Night
Directing/Director2014 Masterchef
Writing/Writer2014 Masterchef
Directing/Director2013 The Lunchbox
Production/Executive Producer2013 The Lunchbox
Writing/Screenplay2013 The Lunchbox
Directing/Director2011 Café Regular, Cairo
Writing/Writer2011 Café Regular, Cairo
Directing/Director2010 Gareeb Nawaz's Taxi
Writing/Writer2010 Gareeb Nawaz's Taxi
Directing/Director2008 The Morning Ritual
Production/Producer2008 The Morning Ritual
Writing/Writer2008 The Morning Ritual

Citizenship: India
Born: Tuesday, 06/12 1979 (June) in Mumbai (India) (current age: 44 years + 291 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Educated at: New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Ritesh Batra frequently works together with these people:
John F. Lyons (5x, Crew)
Line Kolaasaeter (3x, Crew)
Robert Redford (2x, Actor)
Vivek Rangachari (2x, Crew)
Evelyn Duah (2x, Cast)
Oliver Maltman (2x, Actor)
Abigail McKenzie (2x, Crew)
Iain Mackay (2x, Crew)
Raj Rishi More (2x, Crew)
Arun Rangachari (2x, Crew)
Nimrat Kaur (2x, Actress)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:821579, Added: 11/10/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024