Ritesh Shah is an Indian screenwriter who works in

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films. He has written the screenplay and dialogues for films like ''

Kahaani ''Kahaani'' (; ) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language thriller film co-written, co-produced and directed by Sujoy Ghosh. It stars Vidya Balan as Vidya Bagchi, a pregnant woman looking for her missing husband in Kolkata during the festival of Durga ...

'' (2012), ''Pink'' (2016), ''Airlift'' (2017) and ''

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'' (2018). He won the

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, Star Screen Award and

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in the Best Dialogue category for ''Pink''.

Early life and education

He did his Bachelors in English Literature from

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(1993-1996) and has done his Masters in Mass Communications from MCRC,

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. He began his career as a playwright with Act One Art Group, New Delhi. His works include the fringe award winner Othello - A play in black and white. Ritesh switched to television in 1999. His television writing credits include Josh, Kashmeer, Krishna Arjun and the award-winning series Kagaar.

Career

Ritesh started his career as a playwright in

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. He adopted

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's political black comedy which pulled the attention of the Indian film industry. One of the actors in the play suggested him to shift the base to Mumbai where Ritesh started writing from the TV serial ''Kagaar''. His first film as a writer was

Sujoy Ghosh Sujoy Ghosh is an Indian film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter who works in Hindi films. He has directed ''Jhankaar Beats'' (2003), '' Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak'' (2005), '' Aladin'' (2009), ''Kahaani'' (2012), ''Kahaani 2'' (2 ...

's ''

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''.

Anurag Kashyap Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France a ...

recommended him to

Vipul Shah Vipul Amrutlal Shah (commonly known as Vipul Shah) is a film producer and director of Hindi films. He began his career with Gujarati theater. He was part/director of a number of Gujarati dramas, some of which were well received by Gujarati audie ...

for writing the dialogues of 2007 film

Namastey London ''Namastey London'' () is a 2007 Indian romance film, directed and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif in lead roles. It also stars Rishi Kapoor, Nina Wadia, Javed Sheikh, Upen Patel and Clive Standen in s ...

. He has also adopted 2013 film B.A. Pass from a short story "The Raiwaly Aunty" written by Mohan Sikka. He has also done a cameo role in Pink.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

References

External links

* Hindi screenwriters Filmfare Awards winners Screenwriters from Delhi Indian male screenwriters People from Anantnag 1976 births Living people Hindu College, Delhi alumni Jamia Millia Islamia alumni {{India-film-bio-stub