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Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari (born 15 October 1979) is an Indian filmmaker and writer. After working in advertising for several years, she made her debut by directing the 2016 comedy drama Nil Battey Sannata. The film garnered critical acclaim and Tiwari went on to direct its Tamil remake entitled Amma Kanakku. She had previously served as the Executive Creative Director at Leo Burnett before she moved on to pursue a filmmaking career. Tiwari won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for the 2017 romantic comedy Bareilly Ki Barfi.[1]

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Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari
Born	(1979-10-15) 15 October 1979 (age 42) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Film Director, Producer, Writer
Notable work	Break Point (web series), Bareilly Ki Barfi, Panga, Nil Battey Sannata
Spouse	Nitesh Tiwari
Children	Amaarisa Tiwari and Aaradhya Tiwari

Early life and background

Ashwiny Iyer was born on 15 October 1979 and grew up in the suburb of Mulund, Mumbai. She studied at St. Mary's Convent High School, Mulund and did her higher studies from SIES College of Commerce and Economics. She is married to writer-director Nitesh Tiwari.[2][3]

Career

Advertising

A gold medalist in commercial arts from Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai, Ashwiny spent 15 years in the advertising agency Leo Burnett (India). She won several awards like Cannes Lions, New York festival, One show, Promax and the Goafest Awards. She quit Leo Burnett to follow her passion in filmmaking.[4][5]

Films

Iyer made her first short film What's for Breakfast in 2012. In 2016, she made her feature film debut with the comedy drama Nil Battey Sannata starring Swara Bhaskar.[6] which was produced by Colour Yellow productions (Aanand L Rai) in association with Jar Pictures and Opticus Inc. and presented by Eros International .[7] It was inspired by a contestant in Kaun Banega Crorepati hosted by Mr. Amitabh Bachchan which inspired many Indian viewers.[8] [9] Released under the title of The New Classmate[10][11] internationally, the film garnered critical acclaim and Tiwari was praised for her direction and sensitive handling of the subject matter.[12] She remade the film in Tamil as Amma Kanakku which released on 24 June in the same year.[13][14]

She was selected as one of the "Powerful Women in 2016" in the Femina poll and was a part of Grazia Women Achievers 2016.^{[citation needed]} She was a speaker at Tedx Bangalore 2016 on women, films and self-empowerment.^{[citation needed]} In 2017, she won a Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director.[15]

Iyer next directed the 2017 romantic comedy Bareilly Ki Barfi, for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Director at the 2018 ceremony. The film and Iyer's direction received a critical praise and the film went onto become a commercial success.[16] Devesh Sharma praised the film in his four stars out of five for Filmfare; he praised Tiwari for her versatility and wrote that the film, "will give you ample laughs throughout and you’ll walk away from the theatre with a satisfied smile on your face."[17] She signed a two-film deal with Ekta Kapoor 's Balaji Motion Pictures from which one she will direct and another she will produce along with Ekta.

In 2018, Iyer teamed up with Kangana Ranaut, Neena Gupta, Richa Chadda and Jassie Gill to make Panga, a film about a new-age family that challenges stereotypes.[18] The film released on 24 January 2020 and was critically acclaimed.[19][20]

She turned author with her debut fiction novel, titled Mapping Love[21] which released on 1 August 2021 to glowing reviews.

Iyer is the co-founder of the production house, Earthsky Pictures, under which she has produced Break Point, a docu-series based on Tennis legends, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, and several ad films.

She is also directing the life story of Mr. Narayan Murthy and Mrs. Sudha Murthy.[22]

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Director	Producer	Co-writer	Note(s)
2013	What's For Breakfast?	Yes		Yes
2016	Nil Battey Sannata	Yes		Yes
	Amma Kanakku	Yes			Remake of Nil Battey Sannata in Tamil
2017	Bareilly Ki Barfi	Yes
2020	Panga	Yes		Yes
	Ghar Ki Murgi	Yes	Yes
2021	Ankahi Kahaniya	Yes			[23]
	Break Point	Yes	Yes		[24]
2022	Faadu	Yes			[25]
2022	Tarla		Yes		Filming[26]
2022	Bas Karo Aunty		Yes		Filming[27]
2023	Bawaal		Yes	Yes	Filming[28]

Awards and honours

Year	Film	Award	Category	Result
2017	Nil Battey Sannata	Filmfare Awards	Best Debut Director	Won
2018	Bareilly Ki Barfi		Best Director	Won
		International Indian Film Academy Awards	Best Director	Nominated
		Screen Awards	Best Director	Nominated
		Zee Cine Awards	Best Director	Won

References

External links

• Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari at IMDb 

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