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Nagesh Kukunoor is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Indian born on 30 march 1967 at Hyderabad (Inde)
Nagesh Kukunoor (born Nagesh Kukunoor Naidu, 30 March 1967) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Bollywood and Parallel cinema. He is known for films such as Hyderabad Blues (1998), Rockford (1999), Iqbal (2005), Aashayein (2010), Lakshmi (2014), and Dhanak (2015). He has received four International Awards and a National Film Award for his works.
In 2003, he directed 3 Deewarein which was show cased among the Indian panorama section, at the 2003 International Film Festival of India. The film was also premiered at the Kolkata Film Festival. After having been screened at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, where it was well received, the film was screened at the Commonwealth Festival at Manchester, it was nominated as one of the top five films, at the gala presentation. Nagesh Kukunoor has also received the Filmfare Award for Best Story.
In 2006, He has garnered the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues, for directing Iqbal. In 2014, he received the Mercedes Benz Audience Award, for Best Narrative at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for Lakshmi. In 2015 he directed the Hindi film, Dhanak which won The Grand Prix, Generation Kplus International Jury for the best feature-length film and a Special Mention Award from the Jury.
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Nagesh Kukunoor
Birth name Nagesh Kukunoor Naidu
Nationality Inde
Birth 30 march 1967 (57 years) at Hyderabad (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards
Nationality Inde
Birth 30 march 1967 (57 years) at Hyderabad (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards
Nagesh Kukunoor (born Nagesh Kukunoor Naidu, 30 March 1967) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Bollywood and Parallel cinema. He is known for films such as Hyderabad Blues (1998), Rockford (1999), Iqbal (2005), Aashayein (2010), Lakshmi (2014), and Dhanak (2015). He has received four International Awards and a National Film Award for his works.
In 2003, he directed 3 Deewarein which was show cased among the Indian panorama section, at the 2003 International Film Festival of India. The film was also premiered at the Kolkata Film Festival. After having been screened at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, where it was well received, the film was screened at the Commonwealth Festival at Manchester, it was nominated as one of the top five films, at the gala presentation. Nagesh Kukunoor has also received the Filmfare Award for Best Story.
In 2006, He has garnered the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues, for directing Iqbal. In 2014, he received the Mercedes Benz Audience Award, for Best Narrative at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for Lakshmi. In 2015 he directed the Hindi film, Dhanak which won The Grand Prix, Generation Kplus International Jury for the best feature-length film and a Special Mention Award from the Jury.
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Lakshmi (2014)
, 1h44Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Monali Thakur (মোনালী ঠাকুর), Satish Kaushik, Shefali Shah, Ram Kapoor, Nagesh Kukunoor, Gulfam Khan
Roles Chinna
Rating78%
Aashayein (2010)
Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Genres Drama
Actors John Abraham, Nagesh Kukunoor, Sonal Sehgal, Prateeksha Lonkar, Girish Karnad, Farida Jalal
Roles Rao
Rating70%
Rahul Sharma (John Abraham) is a compulsive gambler and while betting, wins 30 million rupees. That night he asks his girlfriend, Nafisa (Sonal Sehgal), to marry him and she agrees. Right after proposing Rahul collapses. The next day he goes to the doctor for a medical test and finds out that he has cancer. Rahul does not know how to handle this situation, in the middle of the night runs down a street screaming, knowing that he only has months to live. Later, Rahul finds a rehabilitation centre for persons with such incurable diseases. Rahul runs away from his fiancee, leaving back most of the money he earned, for her.
Dor (2006)
, 2h27Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ayesha Takia, Gul Panag, Shreyas Talpade, Girish Karnad, Prateeksha Lonkar, Nagesh Kukunoor
Roles Chopra, a businessman. Comes up with a proposal to forgive the debt of Randhir Singh's ancestral house at the expense of Meera.
Rating78%
Zeenat (Gul Panag) is an independent Muslim woman living in Himachal Pradesh. She agrees to marry Amir Khan, her boyfriend, despite his parents' reservations. After their marriage, her husband leaves for Saudi Arabia to begin employment.
Hyderabad Blues 2 (2004)
Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Tisca Chopra, Nagesh Kukunoor, Anuj Gurwara
Roles Varun Naidu
Rating61%
The story of the sequel takes place 6 years after the action of the first film. After his marriage with Ashwini, Varun decides to stay in India. He starts a Call Centre while Ashwini is contemplating starting her own clinic. Looking at Seema and Sanjeev's family, and after 6 years of marriage, Ashwini wants to have children, but Varun always avoids the topic saying that the two of them are good for each other, and he doesn't want anyone else in their lovely relationship. As Ashwini becomes increasingly desperate to have children, one of Varun's employees, the young and dashing Floor Manager named Menaka, tries to seduce Varun. Without crossing any lines, Varun stops Menaka and also confronts Ashwini. Ashwini doesn't believe Varun and divorces him, but then realizes her mistake. She apologizes and the couple reunites.
3 Deewarein (2003)
, 1h55Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Nagesh Kukunoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Jackie Shroff, Juhi Chawla, Gulshan Grover, Shrivallabh Vyas
Roles Naagya
Rating77%
Three men are on death row. Jaggu (Jackie Shroff), a lawyer and a poet, is serving a sentence for murdering his wife because she was cheating on him with another man. Nagya (Nagesh Kukunoor), a man angry with the whole world, is arrested for murdering his wife too, but he claims that it was an accident where she falls off the sidewalk while they were in the middle of a heated argument. Ishaan (Naseeruddin Shah), a happy-go-lucky man, is also arrested for murder that he commits while in the act of robbery. The prison's custodian is Mohan (Gulshan Grover), who attempts several methods to reform the prison's inmates. A documentary filmmaker, Chandrika (Juhi Chawla) comes to the jail to set a film about these three men. In the process, she finds redemption to her troubled marriage.
Bollywood Calling (2001)
Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Actors Navin Nischol, Om Puri, Nagesh Kukunoor, Perizaad Zorabian, Monique Curnen, Mira Nair
Roles Gullu
Rating62%
Rockford (1999)
Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Nagesh Kukunoor, Nandita Das
Roles Johnny Mathhew
Rating73%
Thirteen-year-old Rajesh Naidu arrives at Rockford Boy’s High School. Having left home for the first time he is a bit sad. Rajesh's best friends are Selva, a good spirited boy, and David, an arrogant sports hero but with a good heart. The captain of the school - Raja, hates Rajesh. At school, Rajesh experiences the joy and agony of living in an all male boarding school, learning to fend for himself without the safety net of his parents. There he befriends PT Instructor Johnny Matthew, who teaches Rajesh a lot of lessons of life.
Hyderabad Blues (1998)
Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Nagesh Kukunoor
Roles Varun Naidu
Rating71%
The protagonist of Hyderabad Blues is Varun, played by the director, Nagesh Kukunoor. The movie revolves around his visit home after 12 years in the USA and his resulting culture shock. The movie is a romantic comedy, following Varun's attempts to romance an Indian doctor and balance the local customs of arranged marriage with the Western tradition of dating. The dialogue is primarily in English and Telugu, with some Hindi spoken as well.
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Lakshmi (2014)
, 1h44Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Monali Thakur (মোনালী ঠাকুর), Satish Kaushik, Shefali Shah, Ram Kapoor, Nagesh Kukunoor, Gulfam Khan
Rating78%
Mod - The Turn (2011)
Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Ayesha Takia, Rannvijay Singh, Raghubir Yadav, Tanvi Azmi, Anant Mahadevan, Gulfam Khan
Rating64%
The principal character is a 25-year-old woman named Ananya (Ayesha Takia). The story takes place in a beautiful hill station called Ganga in Southern India's Nilgiris district, where Ananya resides with her father, Ashok Mahadeo (Raghuvir Yadav), and aunt, Gayatri Garg (Tanvi Azmi). Ashok is the head of the local Kishore Kumar fan club while Gayatri runs a restaurant. Ananya's mother left home years ago to pursue her dreams. Ashok still waits for her to return. A local shopkeeper, Gangaram, has feelings for Ananya.
Aashayein (2010)
Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Genres Drama
Actors John Abraham, Nagesh Kukunoor, Sonal Sehgal, Prateeksha Lonkar, Girish Karnad, Farida Jalal
Rating70%
Rahul Sharma (John Abraham) is a compulsive gambler and while betting, wins 30 million rupees. That night he asks his girlfriend, Nafisa (Sonal Sehgal), to marry him and she agrees. Right after proposing Rahul collapses. The next day he goes to the doctor for a medical test and finds out that he has cancer. Rahul does not know how to handle this situation, in the middle of the night runs down a street screaming, knowing that he only has months to live. Later, Rahul finds a rehabilitation centre for persons with such incurable diseases. Rahul runs away from his fiancee, leaving back most of the money he earned, for her.
8 x 10 Tasveer (2009)
Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Films about families
Actors Akshay Kumar, Shahid Kapoor, Ayesha Takia, Sharmila Tagore, Javed Jaffrey, Vinod Khanna
Rating54%
Jai Puri (Akshay Kumar) is a forest ranger in the woods near Alberta, Canada. Jai lives in a cabin with his girlfriend Sheila (Ayesha Takia Azmi), but has been estranged from his parents, Jatin (Benjamin Gilani) and Savitri Puri (Sharmila Tagore). Jatin is the CEO of a privately held Canadian oil company, Canoil.
Bombay To Bangkok (2008)
Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Shreyas Talpade, Naseeruddin Shah, Manmeet Singh, Yatin Karyekar, Rajeshwari Sachdev
Rating48%
Shankar (Shreyas Talpade), a petty thief, in desperate need of money, steals from the local don (Naseeruddin Shah) and escapes his way into a team of doctors heading for relief work to Bangkok. Unfortunately, he loses the all-important money bag in the chaos.
Dor (2006)
, 2h27Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ayesha Takia, Gul Panag, Shreyas Talpade, Girish Karnad, Prateeksha Lonkar, Nagesh Kukunoor
Rating78%
Zeenat (Gul Panag) is an independent Muslim woman living in Himachal Pradesh. She agrees to marry Amir Khan, her boyfriend, despite his parents' reservations. After their marriage, her husband leaves for Saudi Arabia to begin employment.
Perumazhakkalam (2006)
Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, Kamal
Genres Drama
Actors Ayesha Takia, Dileep, Meera Jasmine, Shreyas Talpade, Gul Panag, Kavya Madhavan
Rating70%
Akbar (Dileep) is happily married to Raziya (Meera Jasmine). Akbar goes to the Persian Gulf for employment. There he befriends Raghu Rama Iyer (Vineeth) and John Kuruvilla (Biju Menon). The three become firm friends. Akbar loans some money to another Indian called Haneefa working with them. Haneefa absconds with the money and all efforts to get back the money goes in vain. During a fight with Haneefa, Akbar hits him but misses and accidentally kills Raghu. He is now facing the death penalty. The only way for him to escape the penalty is to obtain a letter from Raghu's wife Ganga (Kavya Madhavan) that she pardons him.