Batra entered the film industry working as a side actor in the film
Don: The Chase Begins Again (2006), and then moved on to become an assistant director on films like
Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008) and
Rock On!! (2008), while starring in the former as Nilesh, a minor character. He made his debut as a writer and director with the offbeat romantic comedy
Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu (2012). Rachel Saltz of
The New York Times commented, "The happy surprise of
Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu is that it's not crude, sniggering or vindictive. Instead it's rather sweet and sometimes even a little unexpected." Batra's next film was the ensemble family drama
Kapoor & Sons (2016). Writing for
The Hindu,
Namrata Joshi said that the film "keeps you riveted as you move from one family fight to another" and praised Batra for giving "a refreshing new voice to an old, tried and tested trope." Batra's next was a noir romantic drama that revolves around two couples, starring
Deepika Padukone,
Siddhant Chaturvedi,
Ananya Panday and
Dhairya Karwa. The film, also his production debut, was expected to go on floors in March 2020. Titled
Gehraiyaan, it was initially slated to premiere directly on
Amazon Prime Video on 25 January 2021, but was ultimately pushed to release on the platform on 11 February 2022. Apart from this, he has also directed the docu-drama
Searching for Sheela, which is based on
Ma Anand Sheela and features her in the lead. All of his films till date have been produced by
Karan Johar under
Dharma Productions. == Filmography ==