Award-winning filmmaker and screenwriter Nitin Kakkar is best known for his acclaimed debut movie Filmistaan (2012), which recounted the story of a wannabe actor who gets mistakenly kidnapped by terrorists. The comedy, which Nitin wrote and directed, was feted at the Kerala International Film Festival with a Silver Crow Pheasant for Best Debut Director, and also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. This was followed by the tragicomedy Ram Singh Charlie (2016), which was screened at international film festivals around the globe. In 2018, Nitin wrote and directed the romantic comedy Mitron, which followed the story of an unlikely match between an idle youngster and an ambitious young girl. The movie, which was set against the backdrop of Gujarat, starred Jacky Bhagnani and Kritika Kamra in the lead roles.

He went on to direct Notebook (2019), a romantic drama produced by Salman Khan Films that marked the launch of debutants Zaheer Iqbal and Pranutan Bahl, followed by Jawaani Jaaneman (2020), a comedy-drama starring Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, and newcomer Alaya F. Nitin has continued to helm projects across genres, most recently taking on Awarapan 2 (2026), the much-anticipated sequel to the 2007 cult classic Awarapan, produced under the Vishesh Films banner. Reprising the emotional core that made the original a fan favourite, the film stars Emraan Hashmi, Disha Patani, and Shabana Azmi, and was conceived by producer Vishesh Bhatt as a direct continuation of the first film's story.