Director
Nitesh Tiwari
53 years · Itarsi, Madhya Pradesh, India · 15 films
Nitesh Tiwari (born 22 May 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist known for his works in Bollywood. 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. He then directed the supernatural political drama Bhoothnath Returns (2014) which became a box office hit. 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. 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, where it has emerged as one of the top 20 highest-grossers of all time.
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Filmography 13
Tumse Na Ho Payega
2023 · Producer, Screenplay
Bawaal
2023 · Writer, Director
Tarla
2023 · Producer
Taken For Granted
2022 · Screenplay, Producer
Ankahi Kahaniya
2021 · Writer
Chhichhore
2019 · Director, Producer
Bareilly Ki Barfi
2017 · Screenplay
On fuboTV
Dangal
2016 · Director, Screenplay
On Netflix
Amma Kanakku
2016 · Screenplay
Nil Battey Sannata
2016 · Screenplay, Producer
Kill Dil
2014 · Screenplay
Bhoothnath Returns
2014 · Director, Screenplay
Chillar Party
2011 · Director, Screenplay