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Ritesh Batra
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The Business
The Lunchbox Filmmaker Indian filmmaker Ritesh Batra talk with Kim Masters about the emergent indie film scene in Mumbai. His film, The Lunchbox , which has no songs or dance numbers -- hallmarks of traditional Bollywood movies -- represents just such an 'arthouse' genre. Batra also discusses the controversy that The Lunchbox was not chosen by India's film federation to be that country's Oscar entry.
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