# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nagesh-kukunoor
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:43:36.961Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nagesh-kukunoor"
name: "Nagesh Kukunoor"
slug: "nagesh-kukunoor"
description: "Nagesh Kukunoor is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema, and few Telugu films. He is known for his works in parallel cinema, such as Hyderabad Blues (1998), Rockford (1999), Iqbal (2005), Dor (2006), Aashayein (2010), Lakshmi (2014), and Dhanak (2016). Kukunoor has received seven International Awards, and two National Film Awards for his works."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nagesh_Kukunoor.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1967-03-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.54
  momentum:             2.916332367375662
  historical:           11.587992
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0474398/"
    handle:    "nm0474398"
sources:
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    title: "ناگیش کوکنور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ناجيش كوكونور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "নাগেশ কুকুনূর"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ناگش کوکونور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nagesh Kukunoor"
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    title: "नागेश कुकुनूर"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "నగేష్ కుకునూర్"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Nagesh Kukunoor"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump