Nagesh Kukunoor (Director)
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Works
Paatal Lok
A down and out cop lands the case of a lifetime when four suspects are nabbed in the assassination attempt of a prime time journalist. The case turns out to be a devious maze where nothing is what it looks like. The pursuit of it leads him to the dark netherworld - the 'Paatal Lok', and to shocking discoveries in the past of the four suspects.
Release Date2020-05-15
Charactersd Kapil Reddy
Episode Count8
Vote Count102
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
Host Farooq Shaikh interviews many well-known Bollywood faces as well as television celebrities and gives a peek into their private and professional lives.
Release Date2002-03-22
Charactersd Himself
Episode Count1
Vote Count4
Bollywood Calling
An alcoholic, cancer-ridden American film-maker decides to produce a Bollywood movie.
Release Date2001-11-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Gullu
Vote Count3
Lakshmi
Based on true events, Lakshmi is a story of heroism and untold courage. Lakshmi, a 13 year old girl is kidnapped and sold into prostitution. Thrown into this horrific, inhuman world where she is raped and brutally beaten she barely survives with the help of the other girls and her own will to never give in. Finally she is rescued in a police raid. Against all odds, Lakshmi shows courage where everybody else fails. Resisting all pressure - violent threats, coercion and bribes, she stands up in court and in a landmark case in India, succeeds in putting the traffickers behind bars.
Release Date2014-03-21
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Chinna
Vote Count12
3 Deewarein
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 talking. 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.
Release Date2003-01-08
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Charactersd Naagya
Vote Count15
Rockford
The movie chronicles the arrival of a (Hindu) student to a strict all-boys Christian boarding school in India and his assimilation into the school. The change is quite dramatic to the protagonist and there are a lot of events that could look extremely abusive to the viewer.
Release Date1999-10-07
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Johnny Mathhew
Vote Count13
Aashayein
The story revolves around Rahul Singh (John Abraham), a compulsive gambler who wins Rs. 20 million from a bet and throws a party to celebrate. Everyone has a good time drinking and partying till late night during which Rahul proposes to Nafisa (Sonal Sehgal). He announces their engagement to all present, then collapses on the floor. In hospital, he learns that he has only 90 days to live. Wanting to make the most of his last days, he leaves everything behind and moves into a soothing hospice. The inmates he meets change his outlook on life. As his relationships grow with each one of them, Rahul tries to rise above his own needs and live life to the fullest, learning from the courage of those around him.
Release Date2010-08-27
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Rao
Vote Count11
Hyderabad Blues
Varun returns homes after twelve years in the United States and attempts to romance an Indian doctor.
Release Date1998-07-17
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Charactersd Varun Naidu
Vote Count8
Hyderabad Blues 2
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.
Release Date2004-07-02
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Charactersd Varun Naidu
Culture Vulture
Anav Kaushik, one hit film old Bollywood star and stoner, has no opinion. On Visarjan Day of 2020, Anav (Shaurya Tyagi), finds himself in an interview with his ex girlfriend Ila Chopra (Rashi Mal), a journalist who grills him about the politics in his nationalist and pro-Police State films and allegations of drug use in Bollywood. During the course of the day, the poster boy of the right, must figure a way to keep the increasing media glare away from his marijuana habit, cope with the angst of being a stranger to his ex once again, reflect upon his new hookup with potential and figure out what he wants most... when his whole career is at stake. All because of a few joints. Now, he must take a stand. Can he afford an opinion though? Inspired by fake news and true events
Release Date2024-05-16
Charactersd Self
Vote Count1
Mrs. Deshpande
Behind a mask of beauty lies a darkness she's ready to unleash.
Release Date2025-12-19
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count6
Iqbal
This is all about chasing your dreams, no matter what the obstacles. The story involves a young deaf and dumb boy who is crazy about cricket.
Release Date2005-08-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count73
The Test Case
Captain Shikha Sharma (Nimrat Kaur) is the only woman in a group of Indian Army officers training to join the Special Forces. She is also the first woman to be undertaking the course making her a "test case" for inducting women into combat oriented roles in the Indian Army. The story line revolves around her journey of overcoming challenges at home to biases by her colleagues despite being an intelligent and a highly motivated individual.
Release Date2017-04-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count10
Vote Count4
City of Dreams
An assassination attempt on Mumbai's most powerful politician triggers a dirty game of power and politics in the Gaikwad family. With his son and daughter racing to the throne, lines between moral and immoral blur and a lot is at stake
Release Date2019-05-03
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count11
Dhanak
Orphaned siblings Pari and Chotu embark on a journey to restore Chotu's eyesight.
Release Date2015-02-02
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count48
The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case
Follows the events leading up to the tragic 1991 assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and the intense manhunt that unfolded after , unraveling a complex web of espionage, intelligence failures, shifting allegiances, and the profound human cost involved in the pursuit of justice.
Release Date2025-07-04
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count7
Vote Count3
Modern Love Hyderabad
A new generation of love stories, the love and fascination between the lovers, the dynamics of their relationships, their funny conversations and their conflicts.
Release Date2022-07-08
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count6
Vote Count3
Dor
Shankar Singh and his wife, Meera, live in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India along with widowed paternal grandmother, Laxmibai, his mom, Gowri, and dad, Randhir. The family feel that they are blessed after Meera's entry in this family. Shankar must go and abroad in Saudi Arabia and bids farewell to Meera, promising to keep in touch, which he does, and also sends them a large portion of his earnings, which is used to pay off the family's debts. Then when no word is received from him, a worried Meera phones, and is devastated to learn that Shankar has been killed by being thrown off a 10th floor balcony. Her status quickly changes, her jewelery, ornaments, fancy clothes are taken off, and she is told to remain indoors. wear dark clothes, and is only allowed to pray at a Mandir.
Release Date2006-09-22
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count27
Bombay To Bangkok
Bombay to Bangkok is a Bollywood film starring Shreyas Talpade and Lena Christensen in the lead roles. It is written and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor and produced by Elahe Hiptoola and Rahul Puri. 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. In Bangkok, his world turns upside down at a massage parlour where he bumps into Jasmine (Lena Christensen). The hitch is, she is all Thai and he can't converse with her at all. A ray of hope comes his way the next day when Jasmine turns up desperately in need of a doctor. Shankar, posing as a doctor along with the Sardar buddy Rachinder, jumps into this whirlpool, while Jasmine soon gets pulled into his bumbling adventures while running away from the don and his son (Vijay Maurya).
Release Date2008-01-11
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
8 x 10 Tasveer
8X10 Tasveer is a story about young man named Jai Puri, (Akshay Kumar), who possesses supernatural powers. Jai is of Indian origin who works as a forest ranger in Canada. His life is shattered by a loss of a very important person in his life. This personal tragedy leads him to use his unique supernatural power to unravel the mystery behind the murder.
Release Date2009-04-03
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count23
Daak Ghar
Set in early 20th-century rural Bengal, Daak Ghar tells the story of Amal, a young boy with an incurable illness who gets caught up in the world outside of his window.
Release Date2017-06-15
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Good Luck Sakhi
Sakhi is known in her village as ‘bad luck Sakhi’ due to the misfortune she seemingly brings to whomsoever comes in her path. What happens when two men play catalysts to changing her destiny?
Release Date2022-01-28
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count8
Mod - The Turn
A woman falls for a male she believes is her class-mate until she finds out that he is an unknown and unstable inmate from a mental institute.
Release Date2011-10-14
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count2
Mobius
There's a conspiracy about a space shuttle. An agent infiltrates to a software company to prevent leaks through space shuttles computer system.
Release Date1997-12-12
Vote Count1