1. Prakash Jha was born on 27 February 1952 and is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as Hip Hip Hurray, Damul, Mrityudand, Gangaajal, Apaharan, and his multi-starrer films, Raajneeti, Aarakshan, Chakravyuh, and Satyagraha.
Prakash Jha is the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like Faces After The Storm and Sonal.
Prakash Jha was raised at his family's farm in Barharwa, Bettiah, West Champaran, Bihar, India.
Prakash Jha did his schooling from Sainik School Tilaya, Koderma district and Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1, Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand.
Prakash Jha joined the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in 1973, to do a course in editing.
Prakash Jha made his first documentary, Under the Blue, in 1975, and continued to do so for the next eight years.
Prakash Jha made his debut as a feature film director with Hip Hip Hurray in 1984, scripted by Gulzar and starring Raj Kiran and Deepti Naval as leads.
In 2004, Jha directed the 112-minute film Loknayak, based on the life of Bharat Ratna Jayaprakash Narayan.
In 2010, Jha directed Raajneeti, a contemporary take on the epic Mahabharata.
Prakash Jha contested and lost the 14th Lok Sabha election from his native place Bettiah in 2004.
Prakash Jha stood 6th and managed to get around 26,000 votes only, while the winner Raghunath Jha got 2,11,590 votes.
Prakash Jha lost the 15th Lok Sabha election to Sanjay Jaiswal in 2009 as Lok Janshakti Party candidate from Paschim Champaran.
Prakash Jha contested in the 16th Lok Sabha election in 2014 as a Janata Dal candidate from Paschim Champaran and lost to Sanjay Jaiswal.
Prakash Jha is the chairman of Anubhooti, a registered society that has been working for cultural development, improvement of health care, disaster management and the upliftment of farmers and socio-economically backward people in Bihar since 1991.