Prakash Jha

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Prakash Jha (Hindi: प्रकाश झा) is an Indian film director. He was born in Champaran, Bihar, India in 1953.

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[edit] Biography

Prakash Jha was born in 1953 and raised at his family's farm in Champaran, Bihar, India. He did his schooling from Sainik School Tilaya in Koderma District(now in Jharkhand)', and later, received a Bachelors in Physics from 'Delhi University'; following which he decided to go back and work at his family farm in 1970.

In 1972, he moved to Pune in 1972, when he joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, and started working on films independently, in 1974 [1].

Over the years he has made over 25 documentaries, nine feature films, two television features and three television series [2]. He is best known for his movies Damul (1984), which won the National Film Award for Best Film and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie in 1985 [3], Hip Hip Hurray (1984), Mrityudand (1997), and Gangaajal this movie was a brain child of Mr. Mahendra Lalka (Retd. IPS), and the television series Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne. Many of his films are concerned with highlighting social evil.

His most recent movie was Apaharan (2005), staring Ajay Devgan and Bipasha Basu, which won the Prakash Jha, the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award in 2006 [3].

[edit] Personal life

He was married for a time to film actress Deepti Naval. He fought, and lost, election to the Lok Sabha from his native Champaran in 2004.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Interviews www.rediff.com/movies, February 03, 2003.
  2. ^ About Prakash Jha
  3. ^ a b Awards at imbd

[edit] External links

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