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Prakash Jha - An Entrepreneur- film director

- producer

- scriptwriter- screenplay

- dialogues

- actor

- social worker

- visionary

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Prakash Jha

Prakash Jha is a film producer-director-screenwriter, who is most known for his political

and socio-political films such as Damul, Mrityudand, Gangaajal, Apaharan and

multistarrer hit movie Raajneeti.

He is also the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like, Faces After

The Storm (1984) and Sonal (2002). He now runs a production company, Prakash Jha

Productions.

He decided to go to Bombay and become a painter, though while he was preparing forJ.J. School of Arts, he happen to witness the shooting of the film Dharma and gothooked on to filmmaking.

Soon he joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune in 1973, to do acourse in editing, though midway through it, the institution was closed for while, due to

student agitation, so he came to Bombay, and started working, and never went back tocomplete the course.

He kept himself attached with the culture, tradition and language and dialects of Bihar.His films are mostly based on these aspects of Bihar and most popularly the politics ofBihar. His films has not only liked by Biharis but also by other people which led him towin 11 Nationals Awards. His films portray the real picture of India.

He has always picked sensitive issue such as corruption in politics, bribery,sycophancy, molestation, religion , cast, reservation etc.

Prakash Jha's office buzzes like a house that's always ready for the surprise guests.People move seamlessly between antique wooden furniture, cupboards filled with booksor coffee tables placed more for convenience than aesthetics, and a worn, hard-leathersofa which faces Jha's desk.

His workplace, like his cinema, is a meeting point for ideas. Four of his films Damul,Mrityudand, Gangaajal and Apaharan are inspired by Bihar, a state he hails from andfeels passionately about. He gives expression to the intricate social and politicaldynamics of the state through his cinema.

For the last five years Prakash Jha has been seriously involved with developmentinitiatives in Bihar. He has been spearheading growth in infrastructure, health care andvocational training facilities in the state through the NGO Anubhooti.

Prakash Jha is the chairman of Anubhooti, a registered society that has been workingfor cultural development , improvement of health care, disaster management and theupliftment of farmers and socio-economic backward people in Bihar since 1991.

Most recently, the organization has been working for flood survivors. After the Kosi floodon 18 August 2008, Anubhooti has provided complete relief to 6000 people sinceSeptember 2008. Anubhooti has created a model village, Hindolwa village, for the floodaffected and is working towards their complete rehabilitation.