Pankaj Batra
Born
Chandigarh, India
Occupation(s)Film director, Producer
Years active2004–present
Websiteiampankajbatra.com

Pankaj Batra is an Indian film director.[1]

Pankaj Batra comes from Chandigarh in India. He has more than 15 years of experience as a director in Indian cinema. He is working in Punjabi cinema, from 2005. Batra is a Mumbai-based film director known for Sajjan Singh Rangroot Starring (Diljit Dosanjh),[2]Bambukat Starring (Ammy Virk),Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo Starring (Amrinder Gill), Naughty Jatts, and Dildariyaan.[3][4] In 2017, he released his film Channa Mereya (film) starring Ninja, Payal Rajput, Amrit Maan, Karamjit Anmol. [5]

Career

His first Punjabi film as director was Reehjan [6] in November 2005, starring Ranjeet, Aryan Vaid, and Bunti Garewal. After that he directed a soap titled Chaldi Da Naam Gaddi[7] for Zee television in November 2007. Later on, he directed another show in 2008 titled Hum Tum for Zee. His second Punjabi feature film was Virsa [8] in 2008 starring Gulshan Grover and Aryan Babbar.

Pankaj Batra's first hit as director was Naughty Jatts, released in 2013,[9] starring Neeru Bajwa, Binnu Dhillon and Aarya Babbar. His next film Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo was hit in 2014 starring Amrinder Gill, Binnu Dhillon, Amrit Manghera. His third titled "Dildariyaan" [10] with Jassi Gill was his connective hit in 2015.

"Bambukat" [11] grossed Rs.1.38 crore in Punjab on its first day.[12] It was released in over 65 screens in key international markets on 29 July and grossed approximately US$1 million at the overseas box office in the first week.[13]

Sajjan Singh Rangroot is eighth highest Punjabi grossing film of all time and second highest-grossing film of 2018.[14]

His next is with super star Jassi Gill, Ranjit Bawa and Ninja, titled High End Yaariyan, which is scheduled for 22 February 2019 release.[15]

Director

Also producer

Awards

Nominations

  • 2017 - Best Director Filmafare Aware (Punjabi) for the Film Bambukat

References

  1. ↑ "It's a wrap for Pankaj Batra's 'Fufad Ji' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Diljit as Sajjan Singh Rangroot". The Times of India.
  3. ↑ book my show (20 January 2015). "Pankaj Batra". Book My Show. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. ↑ TNN (23 December 2014). "First Look". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Channa Mereya "Channa Mere (2017)", IMDb. Retrieved on 14 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Reejhan". Bollywood Hungama.
  7. ↑ "Zee Tv". Indian Express.
  8. ↑ "'Virsa' seeks to connect Punjabi expats with their roots". Deccan Herald. 11 April 2010.
  9. ↑ "Trailer". Times of India.
  10. ↑ "Preeti close to it". Tribune India.
  11. ↑ "When Punjabi cinema meets renaissance | Chandigarh News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  12. ↑ Jha, Lata (2 August 2016). "Sultan, Kabali dominate box office in July". mint.
  13. ↑ Hooli, Shekhar H. (10 August 2016). "'Bambukat' box office collection: Pankaj Batra's film moves closer to $1.5 million mark overseas". www.ibtimes.co.in.
  14. ↑ "Top Punjabi Worldwide Grossers - Rangroot Does Well - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  15. ↑ Times of India. "High End Yaariyan directed by Pankaj Batra=Times of india".
  16. ↑ Pankaj, Batra (31 May 2017). "Winners of the Jio Filmfare Awards (Punjabi) 2017". Filmfare.
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