Kranti Prakash Jha | |
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Born | 2 November 1988 34) | (age
Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | Indian |
Alma mater | Hindu College [2] Delhi University |
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Years active | 2014–present |
Kranti Prakash Jha (born 2 November 1988) is an Indian Bollywood actor, film producer, television personality, businessman and model from Begusarai, Bihar, best known for his roles of Santosh Lal in the 2016 Indian biographical sports film M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story . [3]
He studied at Hindu College, University of Delhi. He has done his schooling from Purnia, Bihar. His father was a bureaucrat and was posted as RDDE at Purnia. He began his career by appearing in ads. He has featured in numerous TV commercials and music videos. He debuted in the lead role in the award-winning Maithili film Mithila Makhaan , [4] [5] [6] and in the Bhojpuri films Deswa and Once Upon a Time in Bihar in lead roles.
His recent portrayal of a young migrant Bihari in the viral Chhath video with Kristine Zedek, sung by Sharda Sinha and Directed By National Awarded Nitin Neera Chandra and produced by Neetu Chandra has brought many laurels and appraisals from fans. [7] [8] He will be next seen in the Discovery Jeet's Biopic on Indian Hockey Coach Harinder Singh.
He recently played the lead role in the web series Raktanchal released on MX Player.
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Viklap | Soham Bakshi | |
Deswa | Unnamed | ||
2013 | Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela | Veer | |
2015 | Once Upon a Time in Bihar | Rajiv Kumar | |
2016 | M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story | Santosh Lal (Dhoni's friend) | |
2018 | Kaashi in Search of Ganga | Babina | |
2019 | Mithila Makhaan | Kranti | Maithili Language Film |
Batla House | Adil Ameen | ||
Purush | Siddharth | ||
2022 | Samrat Prithviraj | Hada Hammir | |
2023 | Bindiya† | Babu Yadav |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Stories by Rabindranath Tagore | Bhupati Babu | |
2018 | Swami Ramdev - Ek Sangharsh | Swami Ramdev | [9] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020–2022 | Raktanchal | Vijay Singh | [10] |
Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of India and Nepal. It is native to the Mithila region, which encompasses parts of the Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand as well as Nepal's eastern Terai. It is one of the 22 officially recognised languages of India and the second most spoken language in Nepal.It was once described by linguist Sir George Abraham Grierson as the "sweetest language".
Begusarai is the industrial and financial capital of Bihar and the administrative headquarters of the Begusarai district, which is one of the 38 districts of the Indian state of Bihar. The district lies on the northern bank of the river Ganges in the Mithila region of India.
Purnia (also romanized as Purnea) is the fourth largest city of Bihar and emerging as the biggest economic hub in North Bihar. It serves as the administrative headquarters of both Purnia district and Purnia division in the Indian state of Bihar. It is well known for its favourable climate like Darjeeling and have abundance amount of resources for human settlements and economic activities.
Purnia division is an administrative geographical unit of Bihar state of India. Purnia is the administrative headquarters of the division. The division consists of Purnia district, Katihar district, Araria district, and Kishanganj district. It was established in 1990. It is also known as Seemanchal. It is a part of the Kosi—Seemanchal subregion of the cultural Mithila region.
Maithils, also known as Maithili people, are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group from the Indian subcontinent, who speak the Maithili language as their native language. They inhabit the Mithila region, which comprises Northern and Eastern Bihar and Northeastern Jharkhand in India and some adjoining districts of Nepal constituting Madhesh Province in addition to some terai districts of Bagmati and Koshi Provinces. The Maithil region forms an important part of Hinduism as it is said to be the birthplace of Sita, the wife of Ram and incarnation of Lakshmi.
Damul is a 1985 Hindi film directed by Prakash Jha, based on the story Kaalsootra, by Shaiwal, a native of Gaya district of Bihar., starring Annu Kapoor, Sreela Majumdar, Manohar Singh, Deepti Naval, Ranjan Kamath and Pyare Mohan Sahay in lead roles.
Mithila, also known as Tirhut, Tirabhukti and Mithilanchal is a geographical and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent bounded by the Mahananda River in the east, the Ganges in the south, the Gandaki River in the west and by the foothills of the Himalayas in the north. It comprises certain parts of Bihar and Jharkhand of India and adjoining districts of the Province No. 1, Bagmati Pradesh and Madhesh Province of Nepal. The native language in Mithila is Maithili, and its speakers are referred to as Maithils.
Mithila culture or Maithil culture refers to the culture which originated in the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent. Mithila comprises Tirhut, Darbhanga, Kosi, Purnia, Munger, Bhagalpur and Santhal Pargana divisions of India and adjoining provinces of Province No. 1, Bagmati Pradesh, and Madhesh Province of Nepal.
Sharda Sinha is an Indian folk and classical singer. Hailing from Bihar, she predominantly sings in Maithili and Bhojpuri language. She has sung many regional songs like "Vivah Geet", "Chhath Geet". In 1991, she received the Padma Shri award for her contribution to music. She was awarded Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, on the eve of Republic Day in 2018.
The cinema of Bihar, a state in eastern India, primarily consists of films in the Bhojpuri language. Bihar also has smaller Maithili- and Magahi-language film industries. Cinema in the state began during the early 20th century.
Bihari culture refers to the culture of the Indian state of Bihar. Bihari culture includes Mithila culture, Bhojpuri Culture and the culture of Magadha.
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Jha is a surname of Maithil Brahmins native to the Mithila region of India and Nepal. Notable people with the name include:
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Once Upon A Time In Bihar is an Indian political/social drama film directed by Nitin Chandra, Produced by Neetu Chandra and Samir Kumar starring Ashish Vidyarthi, Kranti Prakash Jha, Ajay Kumar, Arti Puri, Pankaj Jha and Deepak Singh. The film is released on 30 October 2015. This film was earlier released in Bhojpuri in November 2011 under the name Deswa.
Mithila Makhaan is a Maithili language film directed by Nitin Chandra that stars Anurita Jha, Kranti Prakash Jha and Pankaj Jha.
In the Indian state of Jharkhand, films are produced in various regional and tribal languages including Kudmali, Hindi, Nagpuri, Khortha and Santali. Film industry in state of Jharkhand is also known as Jollywood.
Bhaag Khesari Bhaag is a 2019 Indian Bhojpuri language sports drama film directed by Premanshu Singh and produced by Umashankar Prasad with co-produced by Ayush Raj Gupta under banner of "J P Stars Pictures". Its star Khesari Lal Yadav and Smriti Sinha in lead roles. While Ayaz Khan, Amit Shukla, Sanjay Verma, Amit Choudhary, Satya Prakash, Pritam Kumar, Rahul Sahu and others in supporting roles. The story was written by Manoj Kushwaha.
Raktanchal is a Hindi-language crime drama web series directed by Ritam Srivastav for MX Player original. The story of the web-series is inspired by real-life events from the 1980s of two notable mafias Purvanchal, a region in east Uttar Pradesh. The series stars Kranti Prakash Jha and Nikitin Dheer along with Chittaranjan Tripathy, Vikram Kochhar, Pramod Pathak, Soundarya Sharma, Ronjini Chakraborty and Daya Shankar Pandey.
Mithila State Movement is a 300-year-old movement advocating a separate Mithila state in India. This movement gained momentum in 1902 AD when Sir George Grierson, an official of the British Indian government, prepared a map of Mithila state by conducting a language-based survey. In 1881 AD, the word Mithila was added to the dictionary of the British India government. According to the founder, president Dr. Dhanakar Thakur of the International Maithili Council in the proposed Mithila state, 24 districts of Bihar and six districts of Jharkhand, a total of 30 districts, have been included, which has a population of about 70 million. At the same time, the area is 70 thousand square km.