FILM DIRECTOR

Prakash Jha

1952 - Today

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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), 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. He also owns the P&M Mall in Patna and the P&M Hi-Tech City Centre Mall in Jamshedpur. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Prakash Jha is the 2,036th most popular film director (down from 1,647th in 2024), the 1,344th most popular biography from India (down from 945th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Prakash Jha ranks 2,036 out of 2,041. Before him are Ram Gopal Varma, John Schwartzman, Andrew Fleming, Michael Almereyda, Derek Kolstad, and Dan Trachtenberg. After him are Richard Stanley, Ben Wheatley, Mati Diop, David Michôd, Linus Sandgren, and Jeremy Podeswa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Prakash Jha ranks 782. Before him are Medea Benjamin, Lai-Sang Young, Armelia McQueen, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Peter Tatchell, and Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. After him are Ronald M. Sega, Rita Dove, Lee Morin, Marvin Barnes, Charles Camarda, and Terence T. Henricks.

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In India

Among people born in India, Prakash Jha ranks 1,344 out of 1,861. Before him are Mukul Dev (1970), Kritika Kamra (1988), Gurdas Maan (1957), Rahul Dravid (1973), Mahesh Bhupathi (1974), and Triptii Dimri (1994). After him are Jagjit Kaur (1930), Protima Bedi (1948), Gadis Arivia (1964), Ronit Roy (1965), Mohammed Shahid (1960), and Bajrang Punia (1994).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Prakash Jha ranks 49. Before him are Shakti Samanta (1926), Sai Paranjpye (1938), S. S. Rajamouli (1973), Rajkumar Hirani (1962), Rituparno Ghosh (1963), and Ram Gopal Varma (1962). After him are Kiran Rao (1973), Muzaffar Ali (1944), Mani Kaul (1944), Prabhu Deva (1973), Farhan Akhtar (1974), and Anurag Kashyap (1972).

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