Nagesh Kukunoor Biography

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Nagesh Kukunoor
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Nagesh Kukunoor is a Bollywood filmmaker and actor. He is often described as a "maverick" as his movies do not follow the usual style of films. He is known for making crossover movies and employing Hinglish.

Nagesh was born and brought up in Hyderabad. Birth Date : March 30. He moved to Atlanta in 1988 and studied B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University and done his MS at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He worked as an environmental consultant in Atlanta before returning to India in 1997 to pursue his dreams in film making. In the interim, he had attended workshops in film and television. He studied acting at the Warehouse Actor's Theatre in Atlanta and in 1995, co-produced and directed a short film, One culture at a time.

He spent a year in Mumbai to understand the working of Bollywood industry before deciding that his style would not fit in that milieu.