Loknayak (film)
| Loknayak | |
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| Directed by | Prakash Jha |
| Produced by | Prakash Jha |
| Screenplay by | Prakash Jha |
| Story by | Prakash Jha |
| Starring | |
Release dates |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹90 lakh (US$130,000) |
Loknayak is a 2004 biographical film based on the life of Bharat Ratna Jayaprakash Narayan (JP).[1] It was directed by Prakash Jha in 2004.[2] Actor Chetan Pandit enacted the role of Jayaprakash Narayan and Tisca Chopra played role of Prabhavati Devi, wife of JP Narayan.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Cast
- Chetan Pandit as Jayaprakash Narayan
- Tisca Chopra as Prabhavati Devi
- Tom Alter as Abul Kalam Azad
- Gyan Dev Singh as Vinoba Bhave
- Ashok Chauhan as Mahatma Gandhi
- Meenakshi Thakur as Kasturba
- Ashok Banthia as Ram Manohar Lohia
- Atul Srivastava as Lal Bahadur Shastri
Production
Alankrita Srivastav was assistant director.[10]
Filming
Loknayak was shot in Hazaribag, Patna, Sitab Diara, Chhapra (birthplace of JP),[11] Mumbai and Satara. The film was made at the budget of ₹90 lakh (US$130,000) for the Ministry of Culture. Prakash Jha made the story on the basis of in-depth research along with interviews of eminent personalities like Sachchidananda Sinha, Chandra Shekhar, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L. K. Advani and Bimal Prasad.
Prakash Jha shot a scene in Jayaprakash Narayan Central Jail (earlier named Hazaribagh Central jail) to re-create the incident when JP, with Shaligram Singh, Suraj Nayaran Singh, Ramanandan Mishra, Yogendra Shukla and Gulab Chand Gupta (Gulabi Sonar) escaped from the jail on 9 November 1942.[12]
Release
The film was released in the first week of December 2004.
See also
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar directed by Jabbar Patel
- Gandhi directed by Richard Attenborough
References
- ↑ "LOKNAYAK". Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ "Loknayak". Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ "Uncensored 'Loknayak' to be screened soon". Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ "Doordarshan decides to air controversial Prakash Jha film". Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ "Prakash Jha declines to change his film on JP". Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ "I am fully indebted to theatre". Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050116/spectrum/tv.htm
- ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-small-screen-big-stardom-1001186
- ↑ Alankrita was my best associate: Prakash Jha
- ↑ Get up, stand up, don’t give up the fight
- ↑ "Advani's Rath Yatra brings spotlight to Jaiprakash Narayan's village in Bihar.". Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ↑ From Gangajaal to JP, Jha in Bihar tribute