Ritesh Shah is an Indian screenwriter who works in Hindi films. He has written the screenplay and dialogues for films like Kahaani (2012),[1] Pink (2016),[2] Airlift (2017) and Raid (2018). He won the Filmfare award, Star Screen Award and Zee Cine Award in the Best Dialogue category for Pink.[3][4][5]
He did his Bachelors in English Literature from Hindu College (1993-1996) and has done his Masters in Mass Communications from MCRC, Jamia Milia Islamia. 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.
Ritesh started his career as a playwright in Delhi. He adopted Sławomir Mrożek'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's Home Delivery. Anurag Kashyap recommended him to Vipul Shah for writing the dialogues of 2007 film Namastey London. He has also adopted 2013 film B.A. Pass from a short story "The Raiwaly Aunty" written by Mohan Sikka.[6] He has also done a cameo role in Pink.[7][8]
Year | Award | Category | Outcome | Work |
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2017 | Filmfare Awards | Best Dialogue | Won | Pink |
2014 | Best Screenplay (Shared with Nikkhil Advani, Suresh Nair, Niranjan Iyengar) | Nominated | D-Day | |
2017 | Screen Awards | Best Dialogue | Won | Pink |
2014 | Zee Cine Awards | Best Screenplay (Shared with Nikkhil Advani, Suresh Nair, Niranjan Iyengar) | Nominated | D-Day |
2017 | IIFA Awards | Best Screenplay | Won | Pink |
Best Dialogue | Won |
Title | Year | Story | Screenplay | Dialogue |
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Home Delivery | 2005 | Yes | ||
Namastey London | 2007 | Yes | ||
Summer 2007 | 2007 | Yes | ||
Aladin | 2009 | Yes | Yes | |
Action Replayy | 2010 | Yes | ||
Force | 2011 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kahaani | 2012 | Yes | ||
B.A. Pass | 2013 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Commando: A One Man Army | 2013 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
D-Day | 2013 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
CityLights | 2014 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Lai Bhaari | 2014 | Yes | ||
Airlift | 2016 | Yes | Yes | |
Rocky Handsome | 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Te3n | 2016 | Yes | ||
Madaari | 2016 | Yes | Yes | |
Pink | 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh | 2016 | Yes | ||
Commando 2: The Black Money Trail | 2017 | Yes | Yes | |
Daddy | 2017 | Yes | ||
Chef | 2017 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Anukul | 2017 | Yes | ||
Raid | 2018 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Namaste England | 2018 | Yes | ||
Junglee | 2019 | Yes | ||
Arjun Patiala | 2019 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Batla House | 2019 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The Big Bull[9] | 2021 | Yes | ||
Sardar Udham | 2021 | Yes | Yes |
Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue | |
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