Nil Battey Sannata

Nil Battey Sannata
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
Written by	Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Neeraj Singh Pranjal Choudhary Nitesh Tiwari
Produced by	Aanand L. Rai Ajay G Rai Alan Mcalex
Starring	Swara Bhaskar Riya Shukla Ratna Pathak Pankaj Tripathi Sanjay Suri
Cinematography	Gavemic U. Ary
Edited by	Chandrashekhar Prajapati
Music by	Rohan-Vinayak
Production companies	JAR Pictures Colour Yellow Productions
Distributed by	Eros International
Release dates	September 2015 (2015-09) (Silk Road Film Festival) 22 April 2016 (2016-04-22)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	India[1]
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹69 million (US$860,000)[2]

Nil Battey Sannata (lit. 'Zero Divided by Zero Equals Nothing'; slang for "Good For Nothing"), released internationally as The New Classmate, is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari in her feature debut. Produced by Aanand L. Rai, Ajay Rai, and Alan McAlex under the banners of Colour Yellow Productions and JAR Pictures, the film was co-written by Iyer, Neeraj Singh, Pranjal Choudhary, and Nitesh Tiwari. Swara Bhaskar starred as Chanda Sahay, a high-school drop-out household maid and single mother of a sullen young girl named Apeksha, played by Riya Shukla. The film's theme is a person's right to dream and change their lives, irrespective of social status.

Released in India on 22 April 2016, Nil Battey Sannata was distributed by Eros International and garnered critical and audience acclaim. Reviewers praised most aspects of the production, especially its narrative and realism, and the performances of the cast, Bhaskar's in particular. At the 62nd Filmfare Awards, Iyer won the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director, while Bhaskar and Shukla won the Screen Awards for Best Actress (Critics) and Best Child Artist respectively. The film did well at the box-office, collecting a total of around ₹69 million (US$860,000) during its entire theatrical run. The same year, the film was remade in Tamil as Amma Kanakku, with Iyer returning to direct. The following year, it was remade in Malayalam as Udaharanam Sujatha.