At the Telugu pre-release event of Ramayana, director Nitesh Tiwari revealed how he developed a strong connection with Telugu cinema right from his childhood days. He revealed that Nagarjuna and Ram Gopal Varma’s Shiva Ramayana director Nitesh Tiwari discloses his love for Telugu cinema

At the Telugu pre-release event of Ramayana, director Nitesh Tiwari revealed how he developed a strong connection with Telugu cinema right from his childhood days. He revealed that Nagarjuna and Ram Gopal Varma’s Shiva introduced him to Telugu cinema and that he was blown away by it.

The director later watched Megastar Chiranjeevi’s Pratibandh, which made him realize that movies don’t need language to connect beyond boundaries. Later, when Nitesh Tiwari joined college, he had a Telugu friend there who further made him adore Tollywood. In the same way, Nitesh Tiwari introduced his friend to Hindi cinema, exchanging cultures.

Nitesh Tiwari stated that he had watched films like Kshana Kshanam, Geethanjali, Eega, Baahubali and RRR. He added that Telugu filmmakers are magicians for him, naming Rajamouli, Trivikram, Sukumar, Sandeep Reddy Vanga, and Nag Ashwin. The speech by the Ramayana director is going viral on social media.