Name: Prakash Jha
Brand: StarClinch
SKU: 267010
Rating: 4.4 (14 reviews)

Does Prakash Jha smoke?: Not Known.Does Prakash Jha drink alcohol?: Not Known.Prakash was born into a family of zamindars and was raised on his familys farm in Champaran, Bihar.He quit his college midway because his family wanted him to complete his graduation so that he could compete for the UPSC exams and become an IAS officer.After leaving his college, he went back to his hometown and bought a Yashica camera, and left his home with INR 300 in his pocket. This step of his dented his relations with his parents as they didnt talk with him for around 5 years.When he was travelling to Mumbai to become a painter, he came in contact with a building contractor during his journey in a train, who took Jha to his building in Dahisar, Mumbai, and provided him with accommodation in exchange to which Jha used to write his accounts work.He found his life goals when he met an art director called Aghajani Kashmeri who was doing the shooting of the film Dharma (1973), starring Pran, Rekha, and Navin Nischol. He watched the shooting for the entire day and was so much impressed with the film making process that he decided to become a filmmaker. Aghajani Kashmeri helped him a lot as he introduced him to Chand, director of the film Dharma after which he became his assistant on the film.In order to professionally learn the art of filmmaking he wanted to enroll at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), in Pune, but he was a bit late as admissions had closed.To become a graduate, he took admission at K C College in Mumbai and worked at a restaurant as the assistant manager with a salary of INR 300.After he completed his first year, he joined the film editing course in FTII, but he left the course midway because of a strike at the Institute. After it, he went back to Mumbai in search of a job.

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Prakash Jha

from West Champaran, Bihar

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