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Ritesh Batra

Born June 12, 1979 · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (age 47)

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 h…

Known For

The Sense of an EndingThe Sense of an Ending · 2017
The Sense of an Ending
6.32017
MovieMysteryDrama
A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.
Our Souls at NightOur Souls at Night · 2017
Our Souls at Night
6.72017
MovieRomanceDrama
Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.
The LunchboxThe Lunchbox · 2013
The Lunchbox
7.42013
MovieDramaRomance
A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life. They build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox. Gradually, this fantasy threatens to overwhelm their reality.
PhotographPhotograph · 2019
Photograph
6.72019
MovieDramaRomance
A struggling street photographer, pressured to marry by his grandmother, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develops a connection that transforms them in ways that they could not expect.
Café Regular, CairoCafé Regular, Cairo · 2011
Café Regular, Cairo
5.72011
MovieComedyDrama
In a regular cafe in Cairo a relationship goes through its first big test.
MasterchefMasterchef · 2014
Masterchef
2.02014
MovieDrama
MASTERCHEF is the story of Akhil, an 11 year old boot polish boy who pliea the street corners, walkways and railway platforms on Mumbai, polishing shoes for a living. One day at a new working spot he befriends two other boot polish boys who tell him about a regular client - a celebrity - TV's favorite Masterchef. And Akhil goes on an internal journey to through his past, his aspirations, and his self doubt. Until he finally finds a place within himself where he can keep his dreams alive. - Written by Ritesh Batra
The Morning RitualThe Morning Ritual · 2008
The Morning Ritual
2008
MovieDrama
"The Morning Ritual" mixes fiction with the reality of India's largest metropolis - Mumbai. Iqbal Sheikh, 7 plays himself - Iqbal. A new law will not allow Iqbal to perform his morning ritual where he usually does because of the plush condos that have been erected by the sea. His quest to do his morning ritual takes him to the city's new public toilets, to a brush with the dangerous toilet mafia and to a place he has never been before - the other Mumbai.

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