Loknayak (film)

Loknayak
Loknayak
Directed by	Prakash Jha
Screenplay by	Prakash Jha
Story by	Prakash Jha
Produced by	Prakash Jha
Starring	Chetan Pandit; Tisca Chopra; Tom Alter;
Edited by	Irene Dhar Malik
Release date	6 December 2004;
Running time	112 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹90 lakh (US$120,000)

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

Editing

Irene Dhar Malik

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$120,000) 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.

References[]

^ "LOKNAYAK". Retrieved 9 February 2014.
^ "Loknayak". Retrieved 9 February 2014.
^ "Uncensored 'Loknayak' to be screened soon". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. 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". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
^ "I am fully indebted to theatre". The Hindu. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
^ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum".
^ "Small screen big stardom". 8 December 2005.
^ 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

[1] "LOKNAYAK". Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[2] "Loknayak". Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[3] "Uncensored 'Loknayak' to be screened soon". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[4] "Doordarshan decides to air controversial Prakash Jha film". Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[5] "Prakash Jha declines to change his film on JP". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[6] "I am fully indebted to theatre". The Hindu. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[7] "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum".

[8] "Small screen big stardom". 8 December 2005.

[9] Alankrita was my best associate: Prakash Jha

[10] Get up, stand up, don’t give up the fight

[11] "Advani's Rath Yatra brings spotlight to Jaiprakash Narayan's village in Bihar". Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[12] From Gangajaal to JP, Jha in Bihar tribute

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