J. P. Dutta
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Jyoti Prakash Dutta is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 film producer and director. 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
Ensemble cast
An ensemble cast is made up of cast members in which the principal actors and performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance and screen time in a dramatic production. This kind of casting became more popular in television series because it allows flexibility for writers to focus on...

 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
Refugee (film)
Refugee is a Bollywood film directed by J. P. Dutta, released on 30 June 2000. The film marked the debut of Abhishek Bachchan, son of legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan, and Kareena Kapoor, the sister of actress Karisma Kapoor and part of the famous Kapoor family. Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty and...

, LOC Kargil
LOC Kargil
LOC Kargil is a 2003 Bollywood war film based on the Kargil War, directed and written by J. P. Dutta. The film stars a large number of Bollywood stars.- Plot :The film is an attempt to dramatize a synopsis of the 1999 Kargil War ....

and Umrao Jaan
Umrao Jaan (2006 film)
Umrao Jaan is a Bollywood film about the famous courtesan of the title. Aishwarya Rai stars in the lead role. The film is directed by J.P...

.

He is the son of O.P. Dutta
O.P. Dutta
Umrao Jaan - writerLOC Kargil - writerRefugee - writerBorder - writerKshatriya - writerHathyar - writerYateem - writerGhulami - writerAangan - directorHulare - director...

 who has himself been a director, story writer and dialogue writer in Bollywood films. O.P. Dutta also writes dialogues for most of J P Dutta's films.

In his personal life J P Dutta is married to the Bollywood film actress Bindiya Goswami
Bindiya Goswami
Bindiya Goswami is a former Bollywood actress. She acted in Hindi films from the late 1970s to early 1980s.-Film career:...

 with whom he has two daughters Nidhi and Siddhi. He is also famous for his temper in the Indian Film Industry.

He headed the feature film section jury for the National Film Awards (2010), according to sources in the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Filmography

  • Umrao Jaan
    Umrao Jaan (2006 film)
    Umrao Jaan is a Bollywood film about the famous courtesan of the title. Aishwarya Rai stars in the lead role. The film is directed by J.P...

     (2006)
  • LOC Kargil
    LOC Kargil
    LOC Kargil is a 2003 Bollywood war film based on the Kargil War, directed and written by J. P. Dutta. The film stars a large number of Bollywood stars.- Plot :The film is an attempt to dramatize a synopsis of the 1999 Kargil War ....

     (2003)
  • Refugee
    Refugee (film)
    Refugee is a Bollywood film directed by J. P. Dutta, released on 30 June 2000. The film marked the debut of Abhishek Bachchan, son of legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan, and Kareena Kapoor, the sister of actress Karisma Kapoor and part of the famous Kapoor family. Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty and...

     (2000)
  • Border (1997)
  • Kshatriya
    Kshatriya (film)
    Kshatriya is a 1993 Bollywood film directed by J.P. Dutta. The film features an ensemble star cast including Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, Meenakshi Seshadri and Divya Bharti. The film has Sunil Dutt and Dharmendra playing fathers to their real-life...

     (1993)
  • Hathyar
    Hathyar (1989 film)
    Hathyar is A 1989 crime thriller film written and directed by J.P. Dutta.-Plot:Avinash and his parents come to Bombay where they miserably scrape along...

     (1989)
  • Batwara
    Batwara
    Batwara is a 1989 Bollywood film directed by J.P. Dutta. The film stars Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Amrita Singh, Poonam Dhillon, Shammi Kapoor, Mohsin Khan and Amrish Puri....

     (1989)
  • Yateem
    Yateem
    Yateem is an Indian film directed by J.P. Dutta and released in 1988. The movie stars Sunny Deol, Farha Naaz, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Danny Denzongpa.-Cast:* Sunny Deol ... Inspector Krishna* Farha Naaz ... Gauri S. Yadav...

     (1988)
  • Ghulami
    Ghulami
    Ghulami is a 1985 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by J.P. Dutta. The film has an ensemble cast comprising Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Mazhar Khan, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Raza Murad, Smita Patil, Reena Roy, Anita Raj, Naseeruddin Shah and Om Shivpuri...

    (1985)

External links

  • J P Dutta : Filmography
  • 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)
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