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Nishant Nayak

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Nishant Nayak
Nishant Nayak is a series director based in Mumbai, who works primarily in the multi-camera unscripted space (studio & remote rig). He has directed Indian adaptations of some of the biggest global unscripted formats like 'The Traitors', 'Shark Tank', 'Fear Factor', 'Masterchef' & 'Top Model' (often multiple seasons). Nishant's directorial work in the music content space covers seminal titles like Coke Studio, MTV Unplugged, Times of Music, Unwind, Sound Trippin alongside live broadcast concerts for some of the biggest Indian names like A.R.Rahman, Anirudh Ravichander, Pritam, Salim-Suleiman, Amit Trivedi -- to name a few. He has also directed music videos for artistes like Jazzy B, Sonu Nigam, Raftaar & Nucleya. As he continues to helm big format shows, Nishant is also expanding his portfolio in the scripted space as co-creator on a dramedy that will also premiere on Amazon Prime later this year and a horror short that is currently in development.
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    Ronnie Screwvala, Aman Gupta, Vineeta Singh, Namita Thapar, Peyush Bansal, Ritesh Agarwal, Anupam Mittal, Amit Jain, Deepinder Goyal, Azhar Iqubal, Radhika Gupta, and Varun Dua in Shark Tank India (2021)
    Shark Tank India
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Director(directed by)
    The Traitors (2025)
    The Traitors
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    Coke Studio Bharat (2023)
    Coke Studio Bharat
    TV Series
    • Director(directed by)
    Rohit Shetty in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (2008)
    Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi
    5.7
    TV Series
    • Director(directed by)

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    • The Traitors (2025)
      The Traitors
      6.4
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2025
    • Mann Pasand (2023)
      Mann Pasand
      7.7
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Coke Studio Bharat (2023)
      Coke Studio Bharat
      TV Series
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2023
    • Ronnie Screwvala, Aman Gupta, Vineeta Singh, Namita Thapar, Peyush Bansal, Ritesh Agarwal, Anupam Mittal, Amit Jain, Deepinder Goyal, Azhar Iqubal, Radhika Gupta, and Varun Dua in Shark Tank India (2021)
      Shark Tank India
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2021–2023
    • Kumite 1 Warrior Hunt (2023)
      Kumite 1 Warrior Hunt
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2023
    • Coke Studio Bangla (2022)
      Coke Studio Bangla
      8.2
      TV Series
      • collaborating director
      • 2022
    • Unacademy Unwind with MTV (2021)
      Unacademy Unwind with MTV
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Ganpati from Songs of Faith (2020)
      Ganpati from Songs of Faith
      Video
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Rohit Shetty in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (2008)
      Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2017–2020
    • Times of Music (2020)
      Times of Music
      9.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2020
    • Vikas Khanna, Garima Arora, and Ranveer Brar in India Ka Swaad (2023)
      MasterChef India
      6.1
      TV Series
      • director
      • 2016–2020
    • What the Love! with Karan Johar (2020)
      What the Love! with Karan Johar
      3.7
      TV Series
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2020
    • Amit Tandon: Family Tandoncies (2019)
      Amit Tandon: Family Tandoncies
      7.1
      TV Special
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2019
    • A.R. Rahman, Shaan, Clinton Cerejo, and Vidya Vox in ARRived (2018)
      ARRived
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Hear Me. Love Me. (2018)
      Hear Me. Love Me.
      3.7
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2018

    Additional Crew



    • Ronnie Screwvala, Aman Gupta, Vineeta Singh, Namita Thapar, Peyush Bansal, Ritesh Agarwal, Anupam Mittal, Amit Jain, Deepinder Goyal, Azhar Iqubal, Radhika Gupta, and Varun Dua in Shark Tank India (2021)
      Shark Tank India
      8.7
      TV Series
      • online director
      • 2023

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      • In Production
      • TV Series
      • 2025

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