![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.](https://indianfilmhistory.com/admin_panel_new_dev/media1/files/15418284589317q2njl0qgg.jpeg "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.")
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 |
