Mumbai, June 26: Audiences derive pleasure from all kinds of films, ace director Prakash Jha feels, pointing out that entertainment does not mean just "songs, dances and comedy".
"People enjoy all kinds of things. Films like 'Kahaani' and 'Raajneeti' provide tremendous entertainment value. Entertainment value does not necessarily come from songs, dances and comedy. It comes from seriously entertaining subjects as well," Jha told Ians in an exclusive interview.
If films that entertain are important, so are films on core topics, said Jha who started his feature film making journey with the 1984 "Hip Hip Hurray". The film was about.
"People enjoy all kinds of things. Films like 'Kahaani' and 'Raajneeti' provide tremendous entertainment value. Entertainment value does not necessarily come from songs, dances and comedy. It comes from seriously entertaining subjects as well," Jha told Ians in an exclusive interview.
If films that entertain are important, so are films on core topics, said Jha who started his feature film making journey with the 1984 "Hip Hip Hurray". The film was about.
- 6/26/2013
- by Machan Kumar
- RealBollywood.com
A filmmaker who is also socially and politically conscious, Prakash Jha is indeed an exception when compared to dozens of fly by night operators. Starting off with a feel good Hip Hip Hurray (1984), he has gained maximum recognition through hard hitting films like Raajneeti, Apaharan, Gangaajal, Bandish and Damul. With Jha pretty much creating a position for himself where he is making socially relevant films while adding just the right ingredients in to make them commercially Read More...
- 6/8/2011
- Bollywood Trade
A filmmaker who is also socially and politically conscious, Prakash Jha is indeed an exception when compared to dozens of fly by night operators. Starting off with a feel good Hip Hip Hurray (1984), he has gained maximum recognition through hard hitting films like Raajneeti, Apaharan, Gangaajal, Bandish and Damul. With Jha pretty much creating a position for himself where he is making socially relevant films while adding just the right ingredients in to make them commercially...
- 6/8/2011
- GlamSham
In what reads like a dramatic Bollywood script, actor Rishi Kapoor and Deepti Naval finally found out their missing B-Town co-actor Raj Kiran in an asylum in United States.The entire search process commenced with a social networking site campaign of Deepti Naval who had acted with the actor in the film Hip Hip Hurray. Raj Kiran was missing almost for a decade till he was traced to USA by Rishi Kapoor who joined the quest of searching out the actor and it was during his visi...
- 6/3/2011
- GlamSham
Actor Raj Kiran, best remembered for his roles in films like Arth and Karz, has been missing in action for over a decade now and was even rumoured to be dead. However, the actor has now been located at a mental asylum in USA and it was none other than Raj Kiran's Karz co-star Rishi Kapoor who came to know about his whereabouts. After rumours of his death started coming, his friends and colleagues started to locate him. His Hip Hip Hurray co-star Deepti Naval posted on Raj Kiran's Facebook Fan page "Raj, where are you my friend? Please reach out - Deepti (Naval)". Rishi Kapoor, who recently went to U.S.A, was successful in tracing the whereabouts of his Karz co-star. Rishi was shocked to know that Raj is living in a mental asylum in Atlanta and pays for his own treatment by working within the institution.
- 5/31/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Actor Raj Kiran, best remembered for his roles in films like Arth and Karz, has been missing in action for over a decade now and was even rumoured to be dead. However, the actor has now been located at a mental asylum in USA and it was none other than Raj Kiran's Karz co-star Rishi Kapoor who came to know about his whereabouts. After rumours of his death started coming, his friends and colleagues started to locate him. His Hip Hip Hurray co-star Deepti Naval posted on Raj Kiran's Facebook Fan page "Raj, where are you my friend? Please reach out - Deepti (Naval)". Rishi Kapoor, who recently went to U.S.A, was successful in tracing the whereabouts of his Karz co-star. Rishi was shocked to know that Raj is living in a mental asylum in Atlanta and pays for his own treatment by working within the institution.
- 5/31/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
It was interesting to read in the news papers last week that producer-director Prakash Jha is, amongst the richest candidate contesting the Lok Sabha elections in the first phase on 16th April. Now we are left wondering as to Jha who is known more for his medium budget movies or art films which sometimes run and majority of times falter at the box office could assemble such huge wealth.
It is only in the recent few years of his career that he made commercial films like Gangaajal and Apaharan. Other wise, he was known as the maker of films like Damul, Hip Hip Hurray and Mrityudand. Since art films.
It is only in the recent few years of his career that he made commercial films like Gangaajal and Apaharan. Other wise, he was known as the maker of films like Damul, Hip Hip Hurray and Mrityudand. Since art films.
- 4/7/2009
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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