Dangal to Ramayan: Why Did They Choose Nitesh Tiwari? | WHY HIM?

Dangal to Ramayan. One story was about a father and his daughters. The other is one of the most familiar and culturally significant stories in Indian history — now being brought to the screen on an enormous cinematic scale. And sitting between these two worlds is Nitesh Tiwari. So the obvious question is: WHY HIM? Dangal established Nitesh Tiwari as a filmmaker capable of turning a seemingly simple sports story into something deeply personal and emotionally driven. But Ramayan is an entirely different challenge. A civilisation instead of a family. A world instead of an arena. A story the audience already knows instead of one whose outcome can surprise us. So what could make Nitesh Tiwari's storytelling approach relevant to Ramayan? In this video, we look beyond Dangal's box office success and examine the filmmaking patterns that run through Nitesh Tiwari's work — his focus on characters, relationships, story-first decisions, his collaboration with Aamir Khan on Dangal, and the difficult creative choices that shaped that film. And then we arrive at the biggest question: Can a filmmaker known for making us care about people make us believe in an entire civilisation? This isn't a prediction of what Ramayan will be. It's an attempt to understand why Nitesh Tiwari may have been chosen for it — and what his biggest challenge could ultimately be. CHAPTERS 1.Was Dangal Really the Reason? 2.What Kind of Storyteller Is Nitesh Tiwari? 3. Dangal Was Never Really About Wrestling 4.The Problem of a Story Everyone Already Knows 5.The Aamir Khan Test 6.The Scale Problem 7. Maybe That's Exactly Why 🎵 MUSIC Within Our Nature — Scott Buckley This Too Shall Pass — Scott Buckley Music by Scott Buckley. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Attribution: 'Within Our Nature' by Scott Buckley — released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au 'This Too Shall Pass' by Scott Buckley — released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au Ramayan is directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra, Prime Focus Studios and associated production partners. This video is a cinematic analysis and commentary on filmmaking, storytelling and creative choices. It is not an official representation of the film or its makers. #Ramayan #NiteshTiwari #Dangal #RamayanMovie #IndianCinema #Bollywood #NamitMalhotra #RanbirKapoor #FilmAnalysis #Cinema #DriftImprint