
Nagesh Kukunoor
Directing
Known For

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.
Paatal Lok
Host Farooq Shaikh interviews many well-known Bollywood faces as well as television celebrities and gives a peek into their private and professional lives.
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai

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
City of Dreams

Behind a mask of beauty lies a darkness she's ready to unleash.
Mrs. Deshpande

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.
The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination 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.
The Test Case

A new generation of love stories, the love and fascination between the lovers, the dynamics of their relationships, their funny conversations and their conflicts.
Modern Love Hyderabad

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.
Lakshmi

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?
Good Luck Sakhi

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.
Iqbal

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.
8 x 10 Tasveer

Two woman, from different backgrounds and living miles apart, are linked by tragedy. Their new-found friendship is tested as one holds the fate of the other's husband in her hands.
Dor

Orphaned siblings Pari and Chotu embark on a journey to restore Chotu's eyesight.
Dhanak

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.
3 Deewarein

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.
Aashayein

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.
Rockford

An alcoholic, cancer-ridden American film-maker decides to produce a Bollywood movie.
Bollywood Calling

Varun returns homes after twelve years in the United States and attempts to romance an Indian doctor.
Hyderabad Blues

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).
Bombay to Bangkok

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