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Nagesh Kukunoor’s directorial Dhanak which releases on 17th June 2016 revolves around the story of siblings Chotu and Pari played by child actors Krrish Chhabria and Hetal Gada respectively. Shot in the beautiful locales of Rajasthan, Dhanak is a perfect blend of culture and relationships, be it between the siblings or the bonds they form with the strangers they meet along their journey. The connection the children share on and off screen makes for Dhanak to be an interesting film to look out for!

Here are five Bollywood films with children as protagonists that have created magic on screen in the past:

Stanley Ka Dabba: Amol Gupte’s debut film starring his son Partho has all the makings of a masterpiece! The film deals with food in a very sensitive yet delicious way and the visuals are enough to make anyone fall in love with the movie. The film explores themes like sharing,...

Mumbai, March 25: Filmmaker and actor Nagesh Kukunoor's latest film "Lakshmi", about human trafficking and child prostitution has garnered critics' appreciation. He says he strives to give the audience a choice in films as repetition can bore the audience.

Kukunoor is known for films as different as "Rockford", "Iqbal", "Dor" and "Mod".

"I have always been of the view that the audience should be given choices. If we make the same kind of films, the audience doesn't grow and they don't get to experience different things," he said here Monday at the Nri of the Year award function.

"I have always tried to tell.

Mumbai, Nov 8: Filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor, known for making sensible films on a moderate budget, continues the trend with "Lakshmi", about human trafficking and child prostitution.

"The budget of the film is very small. It's been made under Rs.5 crore. We don't really have any stars in the film," Elahe Hiptoola, co-producer of "Lakshmi", told Ians.

Hiptoola and Kukunoor have worked together on many films. Some of them are "Rockford", "3 Deewarein", "Hyderabad Blues 2", "Dor", and "Mod".

"All the films that we have made so far have been made on an average budget except for '8x10 Tasveer', which had stars (Akshay.

New Delhi, Feb 22: He is ready to undertake a picturesque road journey to Coorg and Munnar and, while at it, filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor hopes to find the foundation of his new project - a road movie he has been wanting to make for a long time.

The acclaimed filmmaker and screenwriter, known for critically acclaimed movies like "Hyderabad Blues", "Rockford" and "Iqbal", will undertake the journey as part of an adventure driving series, "My Endeavour alterrain" by Ford India and National Geographic Channel.

"I want to use this journey as a foundation of a road movie that has been on my mind for a long time. I always wanted to do a road.

New Delhi, Feb 26: Record informs that the famous film director, Nagesh Kukunoor directed many films like Hydrabad Blues, Rockford, or Dor and were highly admired by the audience. His experimental intellect made him in accepting the challenge to try with actors like Naseeruddin Shah, Ayesha Takia or John Abraham in his movies. Nagesh ji believes that for a successful box office collection depends on the popularity of actors to great extent, in other words the film is supposed to suffer without any of the A grade actors.

On the other hand, he also emphasizes on the story, script and other technicalities of a picture. According.

Mumbai, Jan 26: Acclaimed filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor understands the importance of casting popular actors in movies for box office success, but says he is not ready to compromise on his casting criteria just for that.

Most of Kukunoor's films -- "Hyderabad Blues", "Rockford", "Iqbal" and "Dor" -- have found critical acclaim, but didn't mint too much moolah. Could it be because he hasn't considered casting A-list actors?

"It (having big stars) does make a difference you want your film to be seen by the widest audience. No one controls this...If you don't have any of the 10 main actors, then you are always going to struggle.

A Still from Mera Naam Joker

A 16 year old best man (Rishi Kapoor) hands away his teacher and lady love (Simi Garewal) to her husband (Manoj Kumar) while crying his heart out. This scene from Mera Naam Joker (1970) is perhaps India’s most defining cinematic moment of a student’s unconditional love for his teacher

by Dolanchapa Chakrabarty

Bollywood is legendary for its colorful and often lengthy romantic movies. Romance and drama have been etched together since Alam Ara (1931) and we have seen several Laila‘s and Majnu’s, Heer‘s and Ranjha‘s move mountains to make a classic love story. Yet many feel that there no love as pure as the love of a child. Few Indian films have dared to explore the crush of a student for a teacher or an older person, a phenomenon most of us may identify with. These films portray the love of children,...

Nagesh Kukunoor is a man, who is armed with a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering, which makes him, by far the most unlikely candidate to enter films. For the uninitiated lot, he is the same Nagesh, who has directed critically acclaimed films like Hyderabad Blues, Rockford, Iqbal and Dor and the recently released film Aashayein starring John Abraham alongwith Sonal Sehgal. This director, who has carved a niche for himself in Bollywood, will be live on Bollywood Hungama's Celebrity Chat today, August 31, at 1700 hrs Ist.

Nagesh Kukunoor is a man, who is armed with a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering, which makes him, by far the most unlikely candidate to enter films. For the uninitiated lot, he is the same Nagesh, who has directed critically acclaimed films like Hyderabad Blues, Rockford, Iqbal and Dor and the recently released film Aashayein starring John Abraham alongwith Sonal Sehgal. This director, who has carved a niche for himself in Bollywood, will be live on Bollywood Hungama's Celebrity Chat today, August 31, at 1700 hrs Ist.

New Delhi, Aug 22 – Nagesh Kukunoor is yearning to face the camera again. Absent from the big screen for the last four years, the director is now making an on-screen comeback with a cameo in his long-awaited project, ‘Aashayein’.

Last seen in a cameo in ‘Dor’ in 2006, the filmmaker has acted in most of his films like ‘Hyderabad Blues’, ‘Rockford’, ‘Bollywood Calling’, ‘3 Deewarein’ and ‘Hyderabad Blues 2′.

‘I am doing a cameo in ‘Aashayein’,.