Ritesh Shah

Writing

Ritesh Shah

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Emergency poster
4.8

Based on true events that unfolded in 1975, the film chronicles incidents that took place under the leadership of Indira Gandhi, one of the most powerful women in Indian history.

Emergency

2025

The Diplomat poster
6.5

The Deputy High Commissioner, J.P. Singh, faces an unusual crisis when a mysterious woman rushes inside the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, claiming forced marriage in Pakistan and seeking a return to India.

The Diplomat

2025

Airlift poster
7.2

When Iraq invades Kuwait in August, 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.

Airlift

2016

Raid poster
7.2

After receiving an anonymous tip, a tax officer leads a raid on the mansion of the most powerful figure in Lucknow, a member of parliament who has been evading income tax for years.

Raid

2018

Chef poster
5.5

Roshan Kalra is a three-star Michelin chef who gets fired from New York's Gulli restaurant after he punches a customer. Forced to take a break, he flies to Kochi to spend time with his son, Armaan and his estranged wife Radha Menon. It's a fruitful trip because he manages to mend broken family ties. In a bid to help him get his mojo back, his wife suggests he put up his own food truck and begin afresh.

Chef

2017

Pink poster
7.4

After being molested, Minal and her friends try to file an FIR against a politician's nephew. When the subsequent case gets rigged, a retired lawyer helps them to fight the case.

Pink

2016

Tehran poster
6.1

On 13th February 2012, a magnetic bomb exploded, destroying an Israeli embassy vehicle in Delhi. ACP Rajeev Kumar, leading the investigation, suspects more than what meets the eye. Amid political pressure and suspicions of an Iranian connection, he embarks on a perilous journey to uncover the truth, facing formidable adversaries.

Tehran

2025

Azaad poster
6.4

In 1920s India, a young stable boy bonds with a spirited horse. Amid rebellion and tyranny, his quest to ride the majestic animal becomes a journey of courage, awakening him to the country's fight for freedom.

Azaad

2025

Raid 2 poster
6.5

Set seven years after the events of the first film, it follows the return of IRS officer Amay Patnaik, who is attempting to take down a seemingly benevolent politician.

Raid 2

2025

Lai Bhaari poster
6.6

Sumitra travels to Pandharpur to find a ray of hope, after Sangram killed her husband and son and took over their business.

Lai Bhaari

2014

Namastey London poster
6.2

On a trip to India, Jasmeet's father forcefully marries her off to Arjun. However, when they return to London, Jasmeet announces her intention of marrying her boyfriend, Charlie Brown.

Namastey London

2007

Dasvi poster
6.2

Jailed under a tough cop, an uneducated politician decides to spend his time studying for high school while his scheming wife has plans of her own.

Dasvi

2022

Sardar Udham poster
7.2

A young Sardar Udham Singh left deeply scarred by the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, escaped into the mountains of Afghanistan, reaching London in 1933-34. Carrying an unhealed wound for 21 years, the revolutionary assassinated Michael O’Dwyer on 13th March, 1940, the man at the helm of affairs in Punjab, April 1919 to avenge the lost lives of his beloved brethren.

Sardar Udham

2021

B.A. Pass poster
5.5

After losing his parents in a car accident, Mukesh stays at his Aunt's house in Delhi. Enrolled in a good for nothing course in college he finds peace by playing chess at the local cemetery, the rest of the times he worries over ways to make a living and taking care of his sisters. 'B.A.Pass' is a story looking at the fatal promise of a new life. When Mukesh meets Sarika 'auntie' at a kitty party, little does he know of the city and it's ways and means to survive. Sarika seduces Mukesh, shy and inexperienced he falls for her. What follows is a twist of destiny, a kind of story that appears in the tabloids as 'heinous acts of crime'

B.A. Pass

2012

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NR

A corrupt, troubled cop's night spirals out of control when a reluctant act of mercy toward an injured girl pulls him into a deadly web of crime.

Ghooskhor Pandat

No artwork available
NR

A corrupt, troubled cop's night spirals out of control when a reluctant act of mercy toward an injured girl pulls him into a deadly web of crime.

Ghooskhor Pandat

Mili poster
6.5

Mili Naudiyal, a nursing graduate is planning to move to Canada. She takes up a job at a food outlet for the time being but her sudden disappearance without a clue leaves her loved ones in a desperate search for her in this survival drama.

Mili

2022

Bhuj: The Pride of India poster
5.3

Set in the backdrop of the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War, the film tells the story of the IAF Squadron Leader Vijay Karnik, and his bravery, patriotism and determination.

Bhuj: The Pride of India

2021

Force poster
6.6

A vengeful drug-dealer/gangster targets and terrorizes an entire police unit and their families.

Force

2011

Commando - A One Man Army poster
6.3

A disavowed Indian commando helps protect a woman from a local thug who is hellbent on forcing her to marry him.

Commando - A One Man Army

2013

I Want to Talk poster
6.9

'Sometimes life gives us a second chance,' and for Arjun settled in the USA in pursuit of The American Dream, it's an opportunity to rediscover and embrace precious relationships, especially with his daughter as they both try to navigate through whatever life throws at them. Whatever!

I Want to Talk

2024

Batla House poster
6.8

Following a gunfight with suspects believed to be innocent by the media and public, an honest cop struggles to justify police actions before beginning the hunt for fugitives.

Batla House

2019

Arjun Patiala poster
4.1

This spoof comedy narrates the story of a cop Arjun Patiala and his sidekick Onidda Singh. Together, will they be able to accomplish their mission of a crime-free town with their goofy style of policing?

Arjun Patiala

2019

Nerkonda Paarvai poster
7.0

When three young women are harassed and implicated in a crime they didn't commit, a bipolar lawyer sets out to help them clear their names and prove it to everyone that a woman's consent matters.

Nerkonda Paarvai

2019