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Ritesh Batra

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Ritesh Batra
'The Lunchbox' writer/director Ritesh Batra is at Sundance 2019 with his latest film, 'Photograph.' The filmmaker and his star, Sanya Malhotra, discuss the project with Kevin Smith inside the IMDb Studio at the Acura Festival Village.
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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.
BornJune 12, 1979
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BornJune 12, 1979
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

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Jim Broadbent and Ritesh Batra in The Sense of an Ending (2017)
Jim Broadbent and Ritesh Batra in The Sense of an Ending (2017)
Irrfan Khan and Ritesh Batra
Ritesh Batra at an event for The IMDb Studio at Sundance (2015)
Kevin Smith, Ritesh Batra, and Sanya Malhotra at an event for The IMDb Studio at Sundance (2015)
Ritesh Batra at an event for The IMDb Studio at Sundance (2015)
Irrfan Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nimrat Kaur, and Ritesh Batra at an event for The Lunchbox (2013)

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Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur in The Lunchbox (2013)
The Lunchbox
7.8
  • Director
  • 2013
Café Regular, Cairo (2012)
Café Regular, Cairo
6.6
Short
  • Director
  • 2012
Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sanya Malhotra in Photograph (2019)
Photograph
6.8
  • Director
  • 2019
The Sense of an Ending (2017)
The Sense of an Ending
6.4
  • Director
  • 2017

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Director

  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sanya Malhotra in Photograph (2019)
    Photograph
  • Jane Fonda and Robert Redford in Our Souls at Night (2017)
    Our Souls at Night
  • The Sense of an Ending (2017)
    The Sense of an Ending
  • Masterchef (2014)
    Masterchef
  • Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur in The Lunchbox (2013)
    The Lunchbox
  • Café Regular, Cairo (2012)
    Café Regular, Cairo
  • Gareeb Nawaz's Taxi
  • The Morning Ritual

Writer

  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sanya Malhotra in Photograph (2019)
    Photograph
  • Masterchef (2014)
    Masterchef
  • Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur in The Lunchbox (2013)
    The Lunchbox
  • Café Regular, Cairo (2012)
    Café Regular, Cairo
  • Gareeb Nawaz's Taxi
  • The Morning Ritual

Producer

  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sanya Malhotra in Photograph (2019)
    Photograph
  • Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur in The Lunchbox (2013)
    The Lunchbox
  • Ritesh Batra and Dima Gharbawi Shaibani in Super. Full. (2010)
    Super. Full.
  • The Morning Ritual
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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Director Ritesh Batra Takes 'Photograph' to Sundance

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    • June 12, 1979
    • Mumbai, India
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