4. Prakash Jha
Prakash Jha, a director, film producer and screenwriter, was born on 27th of February 1952. ‘Prakash Jha Productions’ is his production venture. Hailing from Bihar, Prakash Jha went on to study B.Sc Honors in Ramjas College. Eventually he stopped studies and came to Mumbai, wanting to be a painter. As he was preparing for entrance exam for a course in painting, Prakash Jha watched the movie Dharma, and thus developed a passion for film making. The year 1973 saw him joining the Film And Television Institute of India, Pune, in order to study editing. But unfortunately the studio was shut down and thus Prakash returned to Mumbai and earned his living. Initially Prakash Jha was working on documentaries.Â
His documentary, 'Face After Storm' received the 'Best Non Feature Film National Award'. Prakash’s debut commercial film, Hip Hip Hurray was released in 1984. This film was written by Gulzar and had Deepti Naval starring in it. Then came Damul in the same year and its stupendous success made Prakash a filmmaker to reckon with. The film gained both the National Award and Filmfare Award. His flick Parinati was released during the year 1986. This film had the talented Nandita Das amongst others sharing screen space. The year 2010 saw Prakash directing the political thriller Rajneeti. The film took up the story of Mahabharat in today’s world. Ranbir Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal, Ajay Devgan, Nasureedin Shah and Manoj Bajpai acted in this film. Then Aarakshan was released which had Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and Saif Ali Khan sharing screen space.Â
During 2012 Prakash’s film Chakravyuh, starring Abhay Deol, Kabir Bedi and Arjun Rampal, amongst others was released. Prakash Jha also had a brief stint in politics but it didn’t work out. He is greatly involved in social activism; he is committed to a NGO named Anubhooti. Prakash Jha also did quite some TV serials. On his personal front, Prakash Jha was wedded to Deepti Naval but later divorced. This couple had adopted a girl.
...5. Sameer
Sameer is an Indian Lyricist. He writes songs for the Hindi Cinema. His real name is Shitala Pandey. However, he is fondly called Rajan. He was born on 24th February in 1958 in a small town near Banaras, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his studies from Banaras Hindu University which is situated in Varanasi. He earned a post-graduation degree in Master of Commerce. Following his post-graduation, he started working for Central Bank of India as a Bank Officer. Although, after only a few days, he left his job because he didn’t have a knack for banking. In the year 1980, he moved to Mumbai to pursue his career as a lyricist. He started his journey as a lyricist in the year 1983 with the flick Bekhabar. The first film song written and recorded by him was Maar Ke Kataaree Mar Jaibe.
...6. M Kasim Parvez
M Kasim Parvez is an Indian sound designer, popular amongst the audience for his work in films like Chintamani (2014), Laakhon Hain Yahan Dilwale (2015), and Rupinder Gandhi 2: The Robin Hood (2017). As a child, Kasim had a deep interest in sound mixing and music production. Considered as a veteran in this field now, he has been working in the industry since the 1980s.
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