Ritesh Shah began his career as a playwright with Act One Art Group, New Delhi. His plays include theFringe award winner Othello – A play in black and white. He switched to television in 1999. His televisionwriting credits include Josh, Kashmeer, Krishna Arjun and the award winning series Kagaar. Ritesh beganhis film career by contributing dialogue to movies like Kahaani and Namastey London and then went on toco-write films like D-day and Airlift. His solo screenplay and dialogue credits include films like B.A. Pass, Citylights, Force, the critically acclaimed Pink and Raid. He has been nominated for Filmfare award for beststory for B. A. Pass and best screenplay for D-Day for which he also won a Zee Cine Awards Nomination. He won the Filmfare, Zee Cine and Star Screen awards for best dialogue for Pink and the Filmfare awardfor best screenplay for the film Sardar Udham. Ritesh studied English Literature for a bachelor’s degree at Hindu College and has a MA in Mass Communications from the Mass Communications Research Centre(MCRC), Jamia Millia Islamia.

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