Ritesh Batra

Ritesh Batra was born on Jun 12, 1979 in India. Ritesh Batra's big-screen debut came with Café Regular, Cairo directed by Ritesh Batra in 2012. Ritesh Batra is known for The Lunchbox directed by Ritesh Batra, Irrfan Khan stars as Saajan Fernandes and Nimrat Kaur as Ila. Ritesh Batra has got 22 awards and 21 nominations so far. The most recent award Ritesh Batra achieved is Palm Springs International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Ritesh Batra plays is Photograph which will be released on Mar 15, 2019.

Ritesh Batra created a world sensation in 2013 with his wonderful The Lunchbox (2013), a bittersweet romantic comedy as well as a sensitive portrait of the city of Mumbai, torn between tradition and progress. Loved by all and everywhere on the planet, "Dabba" is strikingly the young director's first feature film. A great start for Batra, which augurs well for his career to come. Born in Mumbai in 1979 and raised there, Mr. Batra moved to New York where he studied cinema. Before his now famous "Dabba", he tried his hand at making shorts which were shown in many an international film festival. His latest to date, Café Regular, Cairo (2012) earned him the International Film Critics Association Award (FIPRESCI) and received special mentions from the jury at the Chicago and Tribeca Film Festivals. In 2009 his project then titled "Story of Ram" was selected by the Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Lab later to bloom into "Dabba" (The Lunchbox). After shooting the film, Batra chose to stay in Mumbai with his wife Claudia. In 2013, he was working on a series of shorts and on "The Photograph", his next feature.