Nitish Tiwari Recalls Nagarjuna's Shiva, Hails Telugu Movies

Bollywood director Nitesh Tiwari recently attended an event in Hyderabad where he spoke about his connection with Telugu cinema. He said that his love for Telugu movies started during his school days after watching Ram Gopal Varma's Shiva.

The director said he was impressed by Nagarjuna's acting, Amala's screen presence and Raghuvaran's performance as the villain. At that time, he did not know who had directed the film. Later he came to know about Ram Gopal Varma and started watching more Telugu movies.

Nitesh also spoke about Chiranjeevi's film Pratibandh. He said the movie taught him that language does not matter when a film has strong emotions. A good story can connect with people even if they do not understand the language. Nitesh's interest in Telugu cinema continued during his college days. He said his roommate who was from Hyderabad, introduced him to more Telugu films. One of the movies he loved was Mani Ratnam's romantic film Geethanjali. He added that he also liked its songs and remembered them for many years.

At the Hyderabad event, Nitesh surprised everyone by singing a few lines from the popular song "Nandi Konda Vagullona." The audience was happy to see a Bollywood director singing a Telugu song with so much interest. He said that he also watched popular Telugu movies like Eega, Magadheera and Baahubali.

He is awaiting release of Ramayana in November.