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Mar 20, 2017 · Mumbai-born writer-director Ritesh Batra took a series of unconventional decisions to get to the big league. Equipped with an Economics degree from Drake University, in Iowa, Batra first worked for Deloitte, a top accounting and consulting firm. After three years at Deloitte, Batra quit to enroll in the graduate film program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
May 9, 2019 · Ritesh Batra is reflective of a new voice in Indian cinema which is finding an international connect thanks to a growing filmography which transcends borders. Along the way, the 39-year-old writer ...
Apr 4, 2014 · Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox has been one of the most critically acclaimaed and successful film of the year. It’s still running in US and few other territories. It’s been a long time since an Indian film manage to go beyond the diaspora crowd and The Lunhcbox set a new benchmark in that regard.
Jan 4, 2017 · On the day his first full-length feature film released in 2013, Ritesh Batra had no idea of the avalanche that was about to hit his professional life. “The Lunchbox”, a bittersweet love story ...
May 28, 2015 · Ritesh Batra – the man behind the film – says he is on a mission to take Indian stories to the world by making his films a window to India and its culture. The worldwide success of “The Lunchbox” has landed Batra an opportunity to direct a British film based on Julian Barnes’ novel “The Sense of an Ending”, featuring Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent.
Dec 18, 2023 · Germany's ageing population and shrinking birth rate means it is increasingly looking to immigration to fill jobs. At the end of last year, 350-thousand peop...
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1963 Japan. A traditional society in transition, in this post-World War 2 movie of Japan - it's not just rich vs poor, its a portrait of privilege and eastern people grappling with western values. Shot like magic.
