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Director

Nitesh Tiwari

Director, co-writer

Official announcement

Ramayana role: Director, co-writer
Appears in: Both Parts

Reference profile

Role in Ramayana

Directs both films and co-wrote the screenplay with Shridhar Raghavan.

Biography

Nitesh Tiwari moved from advertising to filmmaking and is known for emotionally grounded mainstream films. Dangal, his biggest success, became one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time.

He directs both parts of Ramayana.

Career overview

A former advertising professional, he co-directed Chillar Party (2011), then directed Dangal (2016), Chhichhore (2019) and Bawaal (2023). Chhichhore won the National Film Award for Best Hindi Feature Film.