Nationality Indian Years active 1997 - Present | Other names Prem Modi Other name Prem Modi | |
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Residence Kolkata, West Bengal, India Occupation Film Director, Screenwriter, Actor Movies Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan Similar | ||
Prem Prakash Modi (Hindi: प्रेम प्रकाश मोदी) born on 17 July is an Indian film director, writer and actor based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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He made his debut as a director in 2013 with a Bengali feature film Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan starring Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Om, Manoj Mitra, Churni Ganguly and Biswajit Chakrabarty based on Samaresh Majumdar's novel Khunkharapi and Kalimpong e Sitaharan. He has also worked alongside with eminent directors such as Ranjit Kapoor, Gul Bahar Singh, Aparna Sen, Anjan Dutt, Anjan Das, Suman Mukhopadhyay and others since 1997.
Early life
Prem Modi or Prem Prakash Modi was born on 17 July in the village Nunihat (Nonihat), Jharkhand, India. His father Parmeswar Lal Modi was a small time businessman in the village. There was no television set in the village and the nearest theater was 32 km away in Dumka. He did his schooling from Church School Beldih, Jamshedpur and graduation from Bhagalpur University.
Career
After graduation he shifted in Kolkata for job, his first job was at Howrah Gases Ltd as an accounts assistant. Since due to his keen interest in acting from childhood he joined a theater group and after 10 years he quit his job and started working as a full-time professional actor in films, television serials and theaters.
Inspired by the creative aspect of film-making in 1999 he shifted himself behind the camera and started assisting directors like Gul Bahar Singh, Anjan Das, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Anjan Dutt, Aparna Sen etc.
His first film as an assistant director was The Goal, a CFSI production starring Irrfan Khan as a protagonist,directed by Gul Bahar Singh which won Best Children's Film Award at 47th National Film Awards – India, Special International Jury Prize at 11th Cairo International Film Festival – Egypt and Special Mention at Zlin International Federation of Film Societies. He was also associated with the film Chaturanga as an Chief AD directed by Suman Mukhopadhya, participated in Montréal World Film Festival. He was also the Chief AD for the film Iti Mrinalini directed by Aparna Sen, it was a national and internationally acclaimed film. He has also assisted internationally acclaimed directors such as Samir Mehanovic, a BAFTA award winner director for the film Mouth of Hell(Anant). He was also the creative adviser and coordinator for a Brazilian television show The Embarcados (On a Boat).
He penned down the story and lyrics for the film Sixer a CFSI production starring Amrish Puri, directed by Gul Bahar Singh. He wrote dialogues for Abhishek Bachchan in Hindi for a Bengali film Antarmahal directed by Rituparno Ghosh.
He had directed more than 300 episodes of non-fictional musical series for DD1 and DD7, directed a fictional series titled Mukti for Doordarshan. Also directed documentaries, corporate and promotional films for Government of India
Awards
He received The Best Actor award for theater from The Government of West Bengal in 1995.