Prem Prakash Modi (born 17 July 1968) is an Indian film director, writer and actor. Modi made his debut as a director in 2013 with a Bengali feature film ''

Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan ''Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan'' is a 2013 thriller Bengali film directed by Prem Prakash Modi and produced by Mukul Sarkar under the banner of T. Sarkar Productions. The film features actors Om and Sabyasachi Chakraborty in the lead ...

'' starring

Sabyasachi Chakrabarty Sabyasachi Chakrabarty is an Indian actor of theatre, films and television. He is best known for portraying iconic Bengali detective characters, Feluda, and Kakababu. Personal life His parents, Jagadish Chandra Chakrabarty and Monica Chakrabart ...

, Om,

Manoj Mitra Manoj Mitra (born 22 December 1938) is an Indian theatre, film and television actor, director and playwright. Early life Mitra was born on 22 December 1938 in Dhulihar village of Satkhira, Khulna, Bangladesh. Initially he used to study at home b ...

, Churni Ganguly and Biswajit Chakrabarty, based on Samaresh Majumdar's novel ''Khunkharapi and Kalimpong e Sitaharan''. His next directorial venture was '' Panchlait'' (2017), which was well received by the audiences. He has worked as an Assistant Director for noted directors such as Ranjit Kapoor, Gul Bahar Singh,

Aparna Sen Aparna Sen (, ''Ôporna Shen'') is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has received several accolades as an actress and filmmaker, including nine National Film Awards, five Film ...

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, Anjan Das,

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and others since 1997.

Early life

Prem Modi or Prem Prakash Modi was born on 17 July in the village Nunihat (Nonihat),

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . ...

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. His father, Parmeshwar Lal Modi, was a small businessman in the village. There was no television set and the nearest theater was 32 km away in

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. He was educated at the Church School Beldih, Jamshedpur and

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Career

After graduation, Modi moved to

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. His is first job was at Howrah Gases Ltd as an accounts assistant. Due to his keen interest in acting from childhood, he joined a theater group, and after a few years, he quit his job and started working as a full-time professional actor in films, television and theaters. In 1999 he moved behind the camera and began assisting directors such as Gul Bahar Singh, Anjan Das,

etc.

Prem began his career as a chief assistant director for '' The Goal'', a Children's Film Society (CFSI) production which starred

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and was directed by Gul Bahar Singh; the film won the Best Children's Film at

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– India, the Special International Jury Prize at 11th

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– Egypt and Special Mention at International Federation of Film Societies in the Czech Republic. Modi was the Chief AD for the film ''

Chaturanga Chaturanga ( sa, चतुरङ्ग; ') is an ancient Indian strategy game. While there is some uncertainty, the prevailing view among chess historians is that it is the common ancestor of the board games chess (European), xiangqi (Chinese), ...

'' directed by Suman Mukhopadhya, which was entered in the

Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Interna ...

. He was again the Chief AD for the film ''

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'', directed by

, which was nationally and internationally acclaimed. He has also worked with Samir Mehanovic, a BAFTA award winner for the film ''Mouth of Hell'' ("''Anant''"). He was the creative adviser and coordinator for the American Reality Show ''

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'' and a

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ian television show ''The Embarcados'' ("On a Boat"). Modi wrote the story and lyrics for the film ''

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'' a CFSI production starring

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, directed by Gul Bahar Singh. He wrote dialogues for

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for the film ''

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'', directed by

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. Modi has directed more than 300 episodes of non-fictional musical series for DD1 (Doordarshan) and DD7 television channels, and directed a fictional series titled ''Mukti'' for

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. He has also directed documentaries, corporate and promotional films for the

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. He made is directorial debut with ''

'' starring

, Om,

, Churni Ganguly. His next release was '' Panchlait,'' starring

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, Anuradha Mukherjee, Yashpal Sharma, Rajesh Sharma, Ravi Jhankal and Brijendra Kala in lead roles. The film got acclaim from both the audiences and was part of prestigious film festivals including the International Film Festival of India. He has also co-produced a Hindi feature film '' Ateet'' starring

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and Sanjay Suri, streaming on

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Awards and honors

* Panchlait - Official Selection in 49th International Film Festival of India ( IFFI) * Panchlait awarded as best Inspiring Film in 2nd Haryana International Film Festival. * Panchlait awarded as best Art Film in Jharkhand International Film Festival. *Best Inspiring Director in 2nd Haryana International Film Festival for Panchlait. *Samaj Ratna for Panchlait from Honorable

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in 2018. * Best Actor award for theater from The

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in 1995.

Filmography

Television

References

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External links

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