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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), including multi-starrer movies like Raajneeti (2010), Aarakshan (2011) Chakravyuh (2012), and Satyagraha (2013), Dirty Politics (2015 ). He is also the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like, Faces After The Storm (1984) and Sonal (2002).

Prakash Jha
Jha in 2012
Born	(1952-02-27) 27 February 1952 (age 70) Bettiah, Bihar, India
Occupation	Film producer, director, screenwriter, actor
Years active	1982⁠–⁠present
Spouse	Deepti Naval ​ ​ (m. 1985; div. 2002)​
Children	Disha Jha (daughter)
Parent	Tej Nath Jha (father)
Website	prakashjhaproductions.com

He runs a production company, Prakash Jha Productions.[1] He also owns the P&M Mall in Patna and the P&M Hi-Tech Mall in Jamshedpur.[2]

Biography

Early life and education

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

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

Career

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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 Aankh a biographical film directed by Tushar Hiranandani. He played Rattan Singh Tomar, the patriarch of the Tomar family.[27]

Politics

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

For the last ten years Prakash Jha has been seriously involved with development initiatives in Bihar. He has been spearheading growth in infrastructure, health care and vocational training facilities in the state through the NGO Anubhooti.

Anubhooti

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

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
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 series on MX Player
	Matto Ki Saikil	Matto	Actor[36]

Awards

National Film Awards

• 1984: National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film: Faces After The Storm (1984)[37]
• 1985: National Film Award for Best Feature Film: Damul (1985)
• 1987: National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film: Kudiattam[38]
• 1988: National Film Award for Best Costume Design: Parinati
• 1988: National Film Award for Best Industrial Documentary: Looking Back
• 2002: National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film: Sonal[39]
• 2004: National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues: Gangaajal (2003)[40]
• 2006: National Film Award for Best Screenplay: Apaharan (2005)

Filmfare Awards

• 2001: Best Documentary of the year: Faces After The Storm (1983)
• 1985: Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie: Damul (1985)
• 2006:Filmfare Best Dialogue Award: Apaharan (2005)[14]

Star Screen Awards

• 2005: Star Screen Best Screenplay Award: Apaharan
• 2011: Star Screen Best Screenplay Award: Raajneeti

Filmfare OTT Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2021	Best Series - Drama	Aashram	Nominated	[41]
	Best Director - Drama, Series		Nominated

ITA Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2021	Best Landmark OTT Show	Aashram	Won	[42]

Other awards

• 1983: International Film Festival of India, Special Jury Award: Faces After The Storm
• 1984: All India Film Awards Association, Best Director: Hip Hip Hurray
• 1986: Baba Saheb Ambedkar Award, Social Understanding
• 1998: Screen Cinema Award, Best Actor in a Negative Role: Mrityudand - Death Sentence
• 1998: Screen Cinema Award, Best Dialogue: Mrityudand - Death Sentence
• 1998: Screen Cinema Award, Best Screenplay: Mrityudand - Death Sentence
• 1998: Zee Cine Award, Best Dialogue: Mrityudand - Death Sentence
• 1998: Zee Cine Award, Best Director: Mrityudand - Death Sentence
• 1998: Sansui Film Awards, Best Film (Critics Choice): Mrityudand - Death Sentence
• 1998: Sansui Film Awards, Best Actress: Mrityudand - Death Sentence

International awards

• 1988: Presented as An Outstanding Film at the London Film Festival at the London Film Festival: Parinati - The Inevitable
• 1998: Special Jury Award, Cinema Tout Ecran, Geneva for Best Feature: Mrityudand - Death Sentence
• 1998: A

International acclaim

• Damul ("Bonded Until Death") - invited for competition and participation at Montreal, Berlin, Chicago, Moscow and several other festivals (1986–1987)
• Parinati ("The Inevitable") - invited to several film festivals including the London International Film Festival (1988)
• Parampara ("Traditions") and Abhivyakti ("An Expression") - represented India at the Festival of India in France and Japan
• Mrityudand ("Death Sentence") - invited to several festivals like London, Dublin, Melbourne, Riocine (Brazil), Bangkok, New York Human Rights, Cinema Tout Ecran (Geneva) and others.
• Apaharan - opening film of the Indian Film Festival in Israel (2005)
• Lipstick under My Burkha - produced by Prakash Jha, starring Konkana Sen, selected to be premiered at prestigious Stockholm International Film Festival in November alongside Bertrand Bonello's Nocturama, Mahmoud Sabbagh's Barakah Meets Barakah and Garth Davis' Lion

References

External links

• Official website
• Prakash Jha at IMDb 
• Prakash Jha at Bollywood Hungama

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