Nitesh Tiwari 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.
2019
2016
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2017
Seeking True Love as Screenplay
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2016
Amma Kanakku as Story, Screenplay
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2015
Nil Battey Sannata as Story, Screenplay
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2014
Kill Dil as Screenplay
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2019
Chhichhore as Director, Screenplay
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2016
Dangal as Director, Screenplay
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2014
Bhoothnath Returns as Director, Screenplay
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2011
Chillar Party as Director, Screenplay