Nitesh Tiwari did his B. Tech in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science from IIT Bombay. He passed out in 1996 and chose his passion for writing over his qualification. So, after a brief stint of 3 months at a software firm, he took a dip in the world of advertising. His 17 years of advertising work profile covers a wide range of clients. Procter & Gamble, Heinz, Perfetti Van Melle, Sony Entertainment Television, McDonald’s, HDFC Life, Tata Capital, Amul, Ceat, Castrol, HUL, LG, Hitachi, Limca, Reliance Mobile, Reliance Digital TV to name a few.Time and again, his work has won in almost every award show in the field of advertising, be it domestic or international. Cannes, Clio, One Show, New York Festivals, Asia Pacific Adfest, Spikes Asia, London International, Andy’s, Goa Fest, Effies, Mirchi Kaan, Golden Mike stand testimony to his achievements. He was the radio jury at Cannes 2011, print jury at Asia Pacific Adfest 2006 and radio jury at New York Festivals 2009.While at advertising, Nitesh also co-wrote and directed two full length feature films: Chillar Party and Bhoothnath Returns. Chillar Party won him many accolades including 3 coveted National Awards in 2012 (best children’s film, best original screenplay, best child artist which was given to all the 10 kids in Chillar Party), 2 awards at Golden Elephant International Film Festival for Children (best Indian film, both by kids’ jury and adult jury) and most promising debutant director at Global Indian Film and TV Honours 2012. He co-wrote and directed Dangal (2016) which won him the Filmfare award for the best director, amongst many, and is till date the highest grossing Bollywood movie worldwide. His next venture, Chhichhore, co-written and directed by him, won hearts, box office charts and the prestigious National Award. His latest outing, Bawaal, opened to incredible response from audiences and has been the second most viewed film of 2023 on Prime Video.