Ritesh Batra
Director

Ritesh Batra Net Worth

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Ritesh Batra is a director, writer, and producer from Mumbai, India, born in 1979. He rose to fame in 2013 with his feature film Dabba (2013), a romantic comedy and portrait of Mumbai. Before Dabba, he had made several shorts which were shown in international film festivals. His latest, Café Regular, Cairo (2012), earned him the International Film Critics Association Award (FIPRESCI) and special mentions from the jury at the Chicago and Tribeca Film Festivals. After shooting Dabba, Batra chose to stay in Mumbai with his wife Claudia and is currently working on a series of shorts and his next feature, The Photograph.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Director, Writer, Producer
Birth Day June 19, 2012
Birth Place  Mumbai, India, India
Age 11 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Cancer

💰 Net worth

Ritesh Batra, the talented director, writer, and producer in India, is on the rise in the entertainment industry. With his incredible storytelling abilities and unique vision, Batra has garnered considerable success and recognition. As of 2024, his net worth is estimated to be between $100K and $1M, highlighting his growing influence and the increasing value of his work. As he continues to produce captivating movies, his net worth is likely to soar, cementing his status as one of the most promising talents in the Indian film industry.

Biography/Timeline

2009

Batra began his filmmaking career by writing and directing shorts. His Arab language short Café Regular, Cairo, screened at over 40 international film festivals and won over 12 awards including Critics Prize (FIPRESCI) Best Film at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and Best Film at German Star of India. Batra was part of the Sundance Screenwriters and Directors lab with his project "Story of Ram" in 2009. Where he won Time Warner Story Telling Fellow at Sundance Film Festival and Annenberg Fellow at Sundance Film Academy. In 2011 Batra came to India to make a documentary on the lunchbox delivery system in Mumbai. It was this venture of Batra's which conceptualized his first feature film The Lunchbox (2013). He developed this project through the TorinoFilmLab Framework programme in 2012.

2013

The Lunchbox premiered at the Cannes Critics Week 2013 and won Rail d’Or (Grand Golden Rail). At Cannes the movie prompted a bidding war. Sony Pictures Classic acquired the North American rights of the film. The Lunchbox has been nominated for 33 Awards and won 25 so far. In 2014, Batra founded his own production company PoeticLicense Motion Pictures and currently developing a slate of films.

2015

Batra was nominated for a BAFTA Award for The Lunchbox in the category Film Not in the English language in 2015.

2019

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.

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