Pankaj Batra

Pankaj Batra is an Indian film director.[1]

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

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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