Prakash Jha Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Prakash Jha
Directing
Biography
Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer-director-screenwriter, who is most known for his political and socio-political films such as Damul (1984), Mrityudand (1997), Gangaajal (2003), Apaharan (2005), and multi starrer hit movie Rajneeti (2010). He is also the maker of National Film Award-winning documentaries like, Faces After The Storm (1984) and Sonal (2002).
Filmography Movies
Acting
Suzie Q
40-Year-Old Suzie Q, who sees vivid hallucinations embarks on a trip to her ex-husband’s destination wedding. The journey gets bizarre and dangerous as the lines of reality blur for her.
Matto Ki Saikil
'Matto Ki Saikal' revolves around the story of a family's struggle to buy a new bicycle and how their lives depend on it.
Jai Gangaajal
The film features SP Abha Mathur who is appointed the first female SP of Bankipur district, Bihar. She then goes against the Local MLA of Bankipur and henchmen of Lakhisarai district.
Saand Ki Aankh
Following the exciting story of the world's oldest sharpshooters Chandro and Prakashi Tomar, the drama marks the directorial debut of acclaimed scriptwriter Tushar Hiranandani. The film stars Bhumi Pednekar and Taapsee Pannu.
What Remains
As a mountain village fractures under unseen forces, a man who believes language can save the earth and another who believes spectacle can sell it drive the village toward the same, irreversible disappearance.
Production
Apaharan
Story of a tumultuous and complex relationship between a father (Mohan Agashe) and son (Ajay Devgan), set against the backdrop of a thriving kidnapping industry in the Hindi heartland of Bihar.
Gangaajal
An honest Superintendent of Police, IPS Amit Kumar, is assigned to a crime infested town to reduce its crime rates. There, he soon learns that cleaning up the town also means confronting the corruption among police and politicians.
Raajneeti
It is the story of a fiercely fought election campaign, where money power and corruption are the accepted norms, and where treachery and manipulation are routinely used weapons. As the personal drama of these conflict-ridden characters unfolds against this gritty backdrop, love and friendship become mere baits, and relationships get sacrificed at the altar of political alignments. The darkness that rises from their souls threatens to envelope all that they hold precious. Until eventually, in the crescendo of increasing violence, the line between good and evil blurs, making it impossible to distinguish heroes from villains. Raajneeti is the story of Indian democracy. And its ugly underside. It is about politics. And beyond.
Raajneeti
It is the story of a fiercely fought election campaign, where money power and corruption are the accepted norms, and where treachery and manipulation are routinely used weapons. As the personal drama of these conflict-ridden characters unfolds against this gritty backdrop, love and friendship become mere baits, and relationships get sacrificed at the altar of political alignments. The darkness that rises from their souls threatens to envelope all that they hold precious. Until eventually, in the crescendo of increasing violence, the line between good and evil blurs, making it impossible to distinguish heroes from villains. Raajneeti is the story of Indian democracy. And its ugly underside. It is about politics. And beyond.
Aarakshan
The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.
Chakravyuh
On the request of his friend Kabir, SP Adil Sends him to the Naxal group as an informer. When Kabir finds the truth he becomes one of their gang leader.
Chakravyuh
On the request of his friend Kabir, SP Adil Sends him to the Naxal group as an informer. When Kabir finds the truth he becomes one of their gang leader.
Satyagraha
A corporate go-getter sees his priorities shift when a personal tragedy brings him face-to-face with political corruption.
Satyagraha
A corporate go-getter sees his priorities shift when a personal tragedy brings him face-to-face with political corruption.
Bandish
Two twin brothers meet each other after having led different lives, one as a village boy and another a notorious criminal in the city.
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