'Dangal' Director Nitesh Tiwari Announces Next Mystery Project; Will Sushant Singh Rajput Play the Lead?

After making Bollywood's highest grossing movie ever, we are waiting to see what Dangal director Nitesh Tiwari has in store for us next. So imagine our excitement, when the director has finally made his official announcement on the next project of his. The director has tied up with two big producers to make his upcoming movie - Sajid Nadiadwala and Fox Star Studios.

Nitesh Tiwari had made an official announcement on his Twitter timeline, as he wrote, "Looking forward to being a part of the #SajidNadiadwala and #FoxStarStudios family for my next, after Dangal. A story I am excited to tell. Releases on 30th August 2019. Cast to be announced soon, stay tuned! @NGEMovies @foxstarhindi". Though Tiwari refrained to give us the details of the cast yet or what the movie will be about, we think we have an inkling!

There were reports that Nitesh Tiwari's next will be based on the best-selling novel, How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded A Million Dollar Company by Varun Agarwal. There were also speculations that the movie that the movie will star Sushant Singh Rajput in the lead. A couple of days back, Sushant had put up a mysterious tweet -

Is this tweet about Nitesh Tiwari's next? Guess, we will have to wait and watch!

Nitesh Tiwari first broke big into Bollywood scene by being one of the co-directors of the acclaimed Chillar Party, the other being Vikas Bahl. he then went on to direct the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Bhootnath Returns. However, it was Aamir Khan's Dangal that established Tiwari as one of the most sought-after directors in Bollywood. Dangal had recently beaten Baahubali 2 as being India's highest grossing movie worldwide and the first Indian movie to gross more than Rs 2000 crore at the box office.

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