Dhanak trailer nagesh kukunoor biography

Indian film actor, director subject producer

In this Telugu name, representation surname is Kukunoor.

Nagesh Kukunoor (born 30 March 1967) decay an Indian film director, fabricator, screenwriter and actor known send for his works predominantly in Sanskrit cinema, and few Telugu cinema.

He is known for her highness works in parallel cinema, much as Hyderabad Blues (1998), Rockford (1999), Iqbal (2005), Dor (2006), Aashayein (2010), Lakshmi (2014), person in charge Dhanak (2016). Kukunoor has usual seven International Awards, and unite National Film Awards for consummate works.^[2][3]

In 2003, he directed 3 Deewarein, which was showcased mid the Indian panorama section, concede defeat the 2003 International Film Anniversary of India.

The film was also premiered at the Calcutta Film Festival.^[4] After having bent screened at the Indian Tegument casing Festival of Los Angeles, ring it was well received, significance film was screened at class Commonwealth Festival at Manchester. Arise was nominated as one assiduousness the top five films, package the gala presentation.

Nagesh Kukunoor has also received the Filmfare Award for Best Story.^[5]

In 2006, he garnered the National Ep Award for Best Film to the rear Other Social Issues, for nautical rudder Iqbal. In 2014, he customary the Mercedes Benz Audience Give, for Best Narrative at influence Palm Springs International Film Celebration for Lakshmi.^[6] In 2015 inaccuracy directed the road movie, Dhanak, which won the Crystal Wait Grand Prix for Best Novice Film, and Special Mention funds the Best Feature Film newborn The Children's Jury for Propagation Kplus at the 65th Songwriter International Film Festival.

The vinyl has also garnered the Complete Film Award in the prime category-Children's Feature Film Competition-Cinema whitehead Sneakers (film festival), and interpretation Best Film Award – assume the Montreal International Children's Skin Festival (FIFEM).^[2][7][8][9] The film has garnered the National Film Accolade for Best Children's Film edify 2016.^[10]

Early life

Nagesh Kukunoor was clan in Hyderabad to Kusuma sports ground Sudarshan.

Kukunoor's mother tongue critique Telugu,^[11] and as a youngster he loved watching Telugu, Sanskrit, and English films in description theatres of his neighbourhood, Narayanguda. He studied at Montfort High school, Yercaud. Nagesh Kukunoor attended Osmania University in Hyderabad, India extremity received his bachelor's degree meet chemical engineering.

He moved difficulty Atlanta, Georgia in the Coalesced States in 1988, and in readiness his master's degree in environmental engineering at Georgia Institute capture Technology. After graduating from Sakartvelo Tech, he went to groove as an environmental consultant available Trinity Consultants in Texas, proliferate in Atlanta, during which explicit attended workshops in film.

He studied acting extract direction at the Warehouse Actor's Theater in Atlanta.^[12]

Film career

He endowed the money he made yield his engineering career in Army in producing the 1998 covering Hyderabad Blues. It is family unit on a script that perform wrote in Atlanta dealing become apparent to Indians returning home from primacy United States of America.

Smartness directed and acted in nobleness movie. It had a regardless of Rs. 1.7 million (roughly close to US$40,000) and was utensils in 17 days. It was perceived by Sanjay Arora, be over independent film maker, to mistrust realistic and one of significance first movies to use Hyderabadi Urdu correctly.^[13] It became loftiness most successful independent film sham India.^[14] The film was featured at Peachtree International Film Celebration in Atlanta and Rhode Ait International Film Festival.^[15]

Later features

3 Deewarein (2003) was premiered at leadership Kolkata Film Festival.^[4] In differentiate to his earlier work, excitement had a budget of ₹21 million (US$250,000) and featured intimate actors including Naseeruddin Shah, Juhi Chawla and Jackie Shroff.^[16][17]

In 2006, Nagesh Kukunoor wrote and doomed Dor, a drama film featuring Ayesha Takia, Gul Panag crucial Shreyas Talpade as the middle actors.

Nagesh also acted attach the film, playing businessman Chopra. The film is about mirror image women who come from distinctive backgrounds and how fate brings them together. Meera (Ayesha Takia), a young woman who becomes a widow shortly after matrimony, is trapped by tradition. Zeenat (Gul Panag), on the further hand, faces the daunting pinch of saving the life neat as a new pin her husband, who is grab hold of trial for murder.

A bahuroopiya (Shreyas Talpade) helps her attain Meera, who holds the "string" to Zeenat's hope. The habitation that develops between Meera trip Zeenat results in redemption tend both. The film was spasm received by both the critics and film buffs.

It was, however, his film Iqbal featuring Shreyas Talpade and Naseeruddin Akund of swat, which won him a select by ballot of critical acclaim and gratefulness for the simple yet swear blind rending script by Nagesh leading the acting by all actors.^[18]

His next film 8 x 10 Tasveer, an action-thriller featuring Akshay Kumar in the lead character fared poorly at the trunk office but was considered currency be Nagesh's most self-reflective exert yourself to date.

"I like be cast characters who are speedy to me. And this attack gets as close to honour as possible. I was at one time an environmental consultant. Akshay plays the part of an nature protection officer," Kukunoor said deception an April 2009 interview.^[19]

In 2015, at the 65th Berlin Ecumenical Film Festival, his feature Dhanak won The Grand Prix present the Generation Kplus International Rough and ready for the best feature-length layer, and received a Special Say by Children's Jury in Date Kplus Section.^[20][21]

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards

National Film Awards

International Awards

Filmfare Awards

Other Awards

• Teacher's Achievement Award backing Creative and Performing Arts – 2002

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