Ritesh Batra

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1979-06-12 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

Mumbai - India

Ritesh Batra

Biography

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 ha...

Production

2011

2013

The Lunchbox

as Director

2014

Masterchef

as Director

2014

Masterchef

as Writer

2008

2010

2008

2010

2008

2017

2017

2019

Photograph

as Director

2013

The Lunchbox

as Executive Producer

2013

The Lunchbox

as Screenplay

2019

Photograph

as Producer

2019

Photograph

as Writer

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