Nitesh Tiwari is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist known for his works in

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. He debuted as a co-director in '' Chillar Party'' (2011) which won the

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for that year. He then helmed the supernatural political drama ''

Bhoothnath Returns ''Bhoothnath Returns'' () is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language supernatural comedy film directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Bhushan Kumar. A sequel to 2008 film ''Bhoothnath'', the film revolves around Bhoothnath (Amitabh Bachchan) who is mocked ...

'' (2014). In 2016, Tiwari scripted and directed '' Dangal'' which was screened at the

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in April 2017 and second

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festival in June 2017. The film is the highest-grossing Indian film and the fifth highest grossing non-English film, having collected over 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. Tiwari has garnered the

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at the

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, and the

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at the 2017

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. His next was the blockbuster comedy-drama film ''

Chhichhore ''Chhichhore'' () is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari, written by Tiwari in association with Piyush Gupta and Nikhil Mehrotra, and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under Nadiadwala Grandson Ent ...

'' (2019), earning him wider critical acclaim. He has also co-founded Earthsky Pictures which has produced several ad films and

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, a docu-series based on Tennis legends,

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and

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Early life

Tiwari was born in

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

to B. D. Tiwari. He has a brother and a sister. He graduated from the

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in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in Metallurgy and Material Science engineering. Tiwari worked as a creative director at Leo Burnett before he entered Bollywood. Tiwari's early childhood was spent in a small town in MP called Ganj Basoda. He studied in Bharat Mata Convent School until class 8th. He also did a small play in his school cultural event titled “Tapori-Mughal-e-Azam”

Personal life

He is married to

Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari (born 15 October 1979) is an Indian filmmaker and writer. After working in advertising for several years, she made her debut by directing the 2016 comedy drama ''Nil Battey Sannata''. The film garnered critical acclaim and ...

, who was his colleague and creative director at Leo Burnett. She is also a film director, producer and writer.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiwari, Nitesh Hindi-language film directors Film directors from Madhya Pradesh Telstra People's Choice Award winners Place of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Indian film directors People from Hoshangabad Screen Awards winners Best Original Screenplay National Film Award winners Directors who won the Best Children's Film National Film Award IIT Bombay alumni 1972 births