Nitesh Tiwari

Nitesh Tiwari is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist known for his works in bollywood.[1][2] He made his directorial debut by co-directing Chillar Party (2011) which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film for that year.[1] He then directed the supernatural political drama Bhoothnath Returns (2014) which became a box office hit.[3][4] In 2016, he scripted, and directed Dangal which was screened at the Beijing International Film Festival in April 2017 and second BRICS festival in June 2017.[5] The film is the highest-grossing Indian films and the fifth highest grossing non-English film, having collected over ₹2,000 crore (US$280 million) of which more than ₹1,200 crore was earned in China,[6][7] where it has emerged as one of the top 20 highest-grossers of all time.[8] Tiwari has garnered the Filmfare Best Director Award at the 62nd Filmfare Awards, and the Telstra People's Choice Award at the 2017 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.[9][10]He won the Filmfare award for best director in 2017 for directing Dangal.

Tiwari was born into a Hindu family in Itarsi, Madhya Pradesh to B. D. Tiwari.[citation needed] He has a brother and a sister. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1996 with a Bachelor's degree in Metallurgy and Material Science engineering.[citation needed] Tiwari worked as a creative director at Leo Burnett before he entered Bollywood.

He lives at a quaint bungalow in Chembur with his wife Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, who was his colleague and creative director at Leo Burnett. She turned a film director. The couple have twins, a boy and a girl.

Nitesh Tiwari is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist known for his works in bollywood.[1][2] He made his directorial debut by co-directing Chillar Party (2011) which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film for that year.[1] He then directed the supernatural political drama Bhoothnath Returns (2014) which became a box office hit.[3][4] In 2016, he scripted, and directed Dangal which was screened at the Beijing International Film Festival in April 2017 and second BRICS festival in June 2017.[5] The film is the highest-grossing Indian films and the fifth highest grossing non-English film, having collected over ₹2,000 crore (US$280 million) of which more than ₹1,200 crore was earned in China,[6][7] where it has emerged as one of the top 20 highest-grossers of all time.[8] Tiwari has garnered the Filmfare Best Director Award at the 62nd Filmfare Awards, and the Telstra People's Choice Award at the 2017 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne.[9][10]He won the Filmfare award for best director in 2017 for directing Dangal.

#	Released Date	Type	Credited As	Movie
1	26 Dec 2025	Film	Director	Ramayana
2	29 Dec 2023	Film	Director	Bas Karo Aunty
3	29 Sep 2023	Film	DirectorStory Writer	Tumse Na Ho Payega
4	21 Jul 2023	Film	DirectorStory Writer	Bawaal
5	07 Jul 2023	Film	Producer	Tarla
6	25 Dec 2020	Film	Music Director	Zindagi Mumbai
7	24 Jan 2020	Film	Dialogue	Panga
8	06 Sep 2019	Film	DirectorStory Writer	Chhichhore
9	23 Dec 2016	Film	DirectorScreenplay	Dangal
10	22 Apr 2016	Film	ProducerLyricistStory writer	Nil Battey Sannata
11	14 Apr 2016	Film	Music Director	Ek Hota Valya
12	14 Nov 2014	Film	ScreenplayDialogue	Kill Dil