Best Debutant Directors of 2011 : Bollywood News

Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bahl (Chillar Party)

Weve had very few successful director-duos in Bollywood like Abbas-Mustan etc. This year we saw two debutant directors collaborating together to give us one of the most heartwarming films of the year. Yes, we are talking about Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bahl who gave us Chillar Party, a film which was loved by young and old alike. Revolving around a bunch of kids in a small middle class neighbourhood in Mumbai, Chillar Party had no known names barring Ranbir Kapoors item number but characters like Fatka, Jhangiya, Shaolin etc. became household names post the release of the film. The makers did have the backing of a corporate giant like UTV and were lucky to have Salman Khan associated with the project as a producer. But at the end it was the emotional connect which the film managed to achieve that resulted in its victory. Had the makers faltered on that ground, the film would have come a cropper and gone Tai Tai Phish, but that was not to be and Chillar Party remains one of the best films to have released in 2011 and much of that credit should go to the director duo of Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bahl.