The weight of expectations rests on the able shoulders of director Nitesh Tiwari as he returns to the big screen three years after giving Bollywood its biggest hit, Dangal (2016). But box-office numbers have never been his barometer; he is only too happy to tell stories that move him. "The only pressure is to be able to live up to audience's expectations," says the director as he teams up with Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor for Chhichhore, a campus drama inspired by his student days at IIT Bombay.

"The very thought of bringing my college years on screen excited me," gushes Tiwari, before adding, "The idea was not to show a montage of fun days, but to tell a story with a purpose. While writing the film, I realised how young minds are impressionable at that stage, and actually find their purpose during those years. Some of the nicknames that I have used in the film are that of my seniors and batchmates."