Prakash Jha is a famous film maker in Bollywood in India who has won many accolades and honors for his valuable contribution to Indian cinema. Prakash Jha has directed and produced nine feature films and more than 25 documentaries. He has also directed two television features and three television series.
Prakash Jha is known for his conventional style of film making. His film usually delves deep in the human emotions and their spectators. Prakash Jha is able to capture small details of a characteristic of a person and represent it beautifully on the big screen. For his exceptional talents and abilities, Prakash Jha has been awarded 8 national awards.
Prakash Jha was born and brought up in Bihar. He had initially started working in Bihar, but eventually moved to Bombay to pursue fine arts. He also enrolled himself in the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune where he was trained as a film editor. After working as an independent director for 5 years, Prakash Jha moved back to Bihar to do social work for his home state.
Some of his most widely acclaimed movies that are sure to touch your hearts are films such as Apaharan, Mrityudand, Parinati, Dil Kya Kare, Rahul and Hip Hip Hurray and Damul. He has also made many movies that are based on critical and social issues. His movie GangaaJal was released in the year 2004. It won the National Award for the Best Feature Film on Other Social Issues. Due to his movie having socially explosive content, Prakash Jha is even looked upon as a social activist as well as a film maker.
Prakash Jha Productions is his home company is set up all by him. Prakash Jha Productions has always looked towards the future where new innovative ideas and original plots are given utmost importance. Prakash Jha Productions are always looking to make film that have a strong narration, a good story and a message to be conveyed.
On the personal front, Prakash Jha was married for a few years to actress Deepti Naval. He had also stood in the Lok Sabha elections in the year 2004. But he lost the elections. Prakash Jha has stood in the elections as a native from his home town of Champaran in Bihar.
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