The Lunchbox director Ritesh Batra says Indian stories should be globalised

Ritesh Batra, the director of ‘The Lunchbox’, has shared that he is on a mission to take Indian stories, which displays the country and its culture, to the world.  The director received appreciation from both international critics and Indian audiences for his first project. Recently, he got an opportunity to direct a British film – starring Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent -based on Julian Barnes' novel The Sense of an Ending.

Batra told IANS, "It is important for me to tell Indian stories, which are universal at heart, to the world. Take America, for example. When you go there, you don't feel that you are in a foreign country and that is due to the influx of American content in Hollywood's films and TV shows. People should feel that they have already been to India through our stories. And that is really what I like to do". 

The director is also in favor of simple and powerful stories such as Piku and Tanu Weds Manu Returns, which according to him is a sign of change in Indian cinema. He said the core of his filmmaking is still going to be ‘to tell Indian stories to the world’, even though he is working on a British film. He is also working on a script called Photograph, which will be based on Mumbai