J. P. Dutta
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 Dutta in Jan 2013 |
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| Born | Jyoti Prakash Dutta 3 October 1949 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Film director, film producer |
| Years active | 1985-present |
Jyoti Prakash Dutta (born 3 October 1949 in Mumbai, Maharashtra) is an Indian Bollywood film producer and director.
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Personal life [edit]
Dutta is the son of O. P. Dutta who was a director and screenwriter in Bollywood films. O. P. Dutta also wrote dialogues for most of J P Dutta's films. He died in February 2012.
In his personal life J P Dutta is married to the Bollywood film actress Bindiya Goswami with whom he has two daughters Nidhi and Siddhi. He is also famous for his temper in the Indian Film Industry.
Career [edit]
Mr. Dutta produces his films under the banner of JP Films. He is known for directing many patriotic war films and films in the action genre. His films often have ensemble star casts.
In 1998, he got 'National Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration' from President of India for his super hit film "Border". Due to the national scale of the National Film Awards, it is considered equivalent of the American Academy Awards. Ministry of Defense gives him full support for his war films. In Indian Army, no celebration is complete, without playing the song 'Sandese ate hain' from his film "Border".
Some of the Bollywood Hindi films that he has written, produced and directed are Border, Refugee, LOC Kargil and Umrao Jaan.
He headed the feature film section jury for the National Film Awards (2010), according to sources in the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.[1]
Filmography [edit]
- Umrao Jaan (2006)
- LOC Kargil (2003)
- Refugee (2000)
- Border (1997)
- Kshatriya (1993)
- Hathyar (1989)
- Batwara (1989)
- Yateem (1988)
- Ghulami (1985)
Family [edit]
- O. P. Dutta (father)
- Bindiya Goswami (Wife)
External links [edit]
- J P Dutta : Filmography
- J P Dutta - IMDb
- Border at the Internet Movie Database
- Refugee at the Internet Movie Database
- LOC Kargil at the Internet Movie Database
- Umrao Jaan at the Internet Movie Database
- Ghulami at the Internet Movie Database
- Hathyar at the Internet Movie Database
- Batwara at the Internet Movie Database
- Kshatriya at the Internet Movie Database
- O P Dutta : Filmography (Mr O P Dutta is the father of Mr J P Dutta, though a film director in his own right he also writes story and screenplays for Hindi films and has of late also being writing dialogues for his son Mr J P Dutta's films)
- YouTube Video: J.P.Dutta encourages students and speaks to them on the ocassion of Roshan Taneja Institute's convocation ceremony.
References [edit]
- ^ JP Dutta to head the jury for the National Film Awards, 18 April 2011, www.pbd.in
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