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1 Biography  



1.1  Early life and education  





1.2  Personal life  







2 Career  





3 Politics  





4 Social initiatives  



4.1  Anubhooti  







5 Filmography  



5.1  Web series  







6 Awards  



6.1  National Film Awards  





6.2  Filmfare Awards  





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Prakash Jha
Jha in 2016

Born

(1952-02-27) 27 February 1952 (age 72)

Occupation(s)

Film producer, director, screenwriter, actor

Years active

1982⁠–⁠present

Spouse

(m. 1985; div. 2002)

Children

Disha Jha (daughter)

Parent

  • Tej Nath Jha (father)

Website

prakashjhaproductions.com

Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as Hip Hip Hurray (1984), Damul (1984), Mrityudand (1997), Gangaajal (2003), Apaharan (2005), and his multi-starrer films, Raajneeti (2010), Aarakshan (2011), Chakravyuh (2012), and Satyagraha (2013). He is also the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like Faces After The Storm (1984) and Sonal (2002).

He runs a production company, Prakash Jha Productions.[1] He also owns the P&M MallinPatna and the P&M Hi-Tech City Centre MallinJamshedpur.[2]

Biography[edit]

Early life and education[edit]

Prakash Jha was raised at his family's farm in Barharwa, Bettiah, West Champaran, Bihar, India. His father's name is Shri Tej Nath Jha. He did his schooling from Sainik School Tilaya,[3] Koderma district and Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand. Later, he joined Ramjas College, Delhi University to do BSc (Hons) in Physics, though he left his studies after one year,[4] and decided to go to Bombay (present-day Mumbai) and become a painter. While he was preparing for J.J. School of Arts, he happened to witness the shooting of the film Dharma and got hooked on filmmaking. He graduated from KC College, Mumbai[5][6]

He joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune in 1973, to do a course in editing. Midway through it, the institution was closed for while due to student agitation, so he came to Bombay, started working, and never went back to complete the course.[7]

Personal life[edit]

Prakash was married to actress Deepti Naval with whom he has an adopted daughter Disha Jha.[8][9]

Career[edit]

This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (October 2019)
Katrina Kaif and Prakash Jha during the promotion of Rajneeti (2010)

While still midway through his course, he started working on films independently in 1974.[10] He made his first documentary, Under the Blue, in 1975, and continued to do so for the next eight years.[4]

During this period he made some highly politically charged documentaries, like the one of the Bihar Sharif riot, titled, Faces After Storm (1984). It received considerable attention, as it was banned within 4–5 days of its release,[7] though later it won the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film for the year.

He made his debut as a feature film director with Hip Hip Hurray in 1984, scripted by Gulzar and starring Raj Kiran and Deepti Naval as leads.[11] Next came the film he received most recognition for, Damul (1984), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie in 1985. The film was based on the bonded labour issue in Bihar.

In 1986, he directed Parinati, based on the story by Vijaydan Detha.[12]

Over the years he has made over 25 documentaries, 13 feature films, two television features and three television series, including the popular TV serial Mungerilal Ke Hasin Sapne. His production company has produced five films with independent directors.[13][14]

In 2004, Jha directed the 112-minute film Loknayak, based on the life of Bharat Ratna Jayaprakash Narayan. In the film, Chetan Pandit played the role of Narayan and Tisca Chopra played Prabhavati Devi, the wife of JP.[15][16][17][18][19]

In 2010, Jha directed Raajneeti, a contemporary take on the epic Mahabharata. It starred Ajay Devgan, Manoj Bajpai, Naseeruddin Shah, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal, Nana Patekar and Ranbir Kapoor, and was a critical and commercial success. His next venture was Aarakshan, which starred Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan Deepika Padukone and Prateik Babbar.[20] In 2012, Jha's release Chakravyuh starred Arjun Rampal, Abhay Deol, Manoj Bajpai, Kabir Bedi and Esha Gupta, and was released in Dussehra 2012.[21][22][23][24] His next film Satyagraha (2013) starred Amitabh Bachchan and Ajay Devgn.[25][26]

In 2019, he acted in the film Saand Ki Aankhabiographical film directed by Tushar Hiranandani. He played Rattan Singh Tomar, the patriarch of the Tomar family.[27]

Politics[edit]

Prakash Jha contested and lost the 14th Lok Sabha election from his native place Bettiah in 2004. He stood 6th and managed to get around 26,000 votes only, while the winner Raghunath Jha got 2,11,590 votes.[28] He also lost the 15th Lok Sabha election to Sanjay Jaiswal in 2009 as Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) candidate from Paschim Champaran.[29][30][31] In the same election Sadhu Yadav stood 3rd as INC candidate.

Jha once again contested in the 16th Lok Sabha election in 2014 as a Janata Dal (United) candidate from Paschim Champaran and lost to Sanjay Jaiswal. In 2014 election affidavit he had mentioned that he has assets worth 92.5 crores and liabilities worth 55.2 crores.[32]

Social initiatives[edit]

Anubhooti[edit]

Prakash Jha is the chairman of Anubhooti,[33] a registered society that has been working for cultural development, improvement of health care, disaster management and the upliftment of farmers and socio-economically backward people in Bihar since 1991.

Most recently, the organization has been working for flood survivors. After the Kosi flood on 18 August 2008, Anubhooti has provided complete relief to 6000 people since September 2008. Anubhooti has created a model village, Hindolwa village, for those the flood affected, and is working towards their complete rehabilitation. Anubhooti has provided relief to 5000 people for health care in Supaul district in Bihar.

Filmography[edit]

Year

Film

Role

Notes

1982

Shree Vats
(documentary)

Director

Film on the Pune-based institute Shreevatsa

1983

Faces After The Storm
(documentary)

Director

National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film
Best Documentary of the year
International Film Festival of India, Special Jury Award

1984

Hip Hip Hurray

Director

All India Film Awards Association, Best Director

1985

Damul

Director, producer, co-script writer

National Film Award for Best Feature Film
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie

1986

Kudiattam
(documentary)

Director

National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film

1988

Looking Back
(documentary)

Director

National Film Award for Best Industrial Documentary

1989

Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne

Director

Television serial

1989

Parinati

Director, producer

National Film Award for Best Costume Design
Presented as an Outstanding Film at the London Film Festival at the London Film Festival

1996

Bandish

Director, producer

1997

Mrityudand
("Death Sentence")

Director, producer, editor, dialogue writer

Screen Cinema Award, Best Actor in a Negative Role
Screen Cinema Award, Best Dialogue
Screen Cinema Award, Best Screenplay
Zee Cine Award, Best Dialogue
Zee Cine Award, Best Director
Sansui Film Awards, Best Film (Critics Choice)
Sansui Film Awards, Best Actress
Special Jury Award, Cinema Tout Ecran, Geneva for Best Feature
Audience Award, Best Feature, Bangkok Film Festival

1999

Dil Kya Kare

Director, editor, story writer

2001

Rahul

Director

2002

Sonal
(Documentary)

Director

National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film

2003

Gangaajal

Director, producer, editor, story writer, dialogue writer

National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues

2004

Loknayak

Director, producer, editor, story writer, dialogue writer

Based on the life of Bharat Ratna Jayaprakash Narayan

2005

Apaharan

Director, producer, story writer

National Film Award for Best Screenplay
Filmfare Best Dialogue Award
Star Screen Best Screenplay Award

2007

Dil Dosti Etc

Producer

Khoya Khoya Chand

Producer

2010

Raajneeti

Director, producer, dialogue writer

Star Screen Best Screenplay Award

2011

Turning 30

Producer

Yeh Saali Zindagi

Producer

Aarakshan

Director, producer

2012

Chakravyuh

Director, producer

2013

Satyagraha

Director, producer

2015

Crazy Cukkad Family

producer

2016

Jai Gangaajal

director, actor, producer

2017

Lipstick Under My Burkha

producer

2018

Saare Jahan Se Acha (series)

Anchor

Web Series [34] Directed by Prakash Bhardwaj (Director)[35]

2019

Fraud Saiyaan

producer

Pareeksha – The Final Test

Director, producer

Released on ZEE5

Saand Ki Aankh

Rattan Singh Tomar

Actor[27]

2020

Aashram

Director, producer

Web seriesonMX Player

Matto Ki Saikil

Matto

Actor[36]

Web series[edit]

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2023

Rafuchakkar

Pawan Kumar Bawariya's father

Awards[edit]

National Film Awards[edit]

Filmfare Awards[edit]

Star Screen Awards[edit]

Filmfare OTT Awards[edit]

Year

Category

Work

Result

Ref.

2021

Best Series - Drama

Aashram

Nominated

[41]

Best Director - Drama, Series

Nominated

ITA Awards[edit]

Year

Category

Work

Result

Ref.

2021

Best Landmark OTT Show

Aashram

Won

[42]

References[edit]

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