Loknayak (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Loknayak
| image =
| director = Prakash Jha
| screenplay = Prakash Jha
| story = Prakash Jha
| producer = Prakash Jha
| starring = {{ubl|Chetan Pandit|Tisca Chopra|Tom Alter}}
| cinematography = Arvind Kumar
| editing = Irene Dhar Malik
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2004|12|06|df=y}}
| runtime = 112 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR|90 lakh}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/dec/06jp.htm|title=Jayaprakash Narayan deserved better|website=www.rediff.com}}
| gross =
}}
Loknayak is a 2004 biographical film based on the life of Jayaprakash Narayan. It was directed by Prakash Jha. Chetan Pandit played the role of Jayaprakash Narayan and Tisca Chopra played role of Prabhavati Devi, wife of JP Narayan.{{cite web|title=Uncensored 'Loknayak' to be screened soon |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Uncensored-Loknayak-to-be-screened-soon/articleshow/890542.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140208185955/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-10-19/patna/27151362_1_film-prakash-jha-prasar-bharati|url-status=live|archive-date=8 February 2014|work=The Times of India |access-date=9 February 2014}}{{cite web|title=Prakash Jha declines to change his film on JP |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=255679 |accessdate=9 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222211620/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=255679 |archivedate=22 February 2014 }}
Cast
- Chetan Pandit as Jayaprakash Narayan
- Tisca Chopra as Prabhavati Devi{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-small-screen-big-stardom-1001186|title = Small screen big stardom|date = 8 December 2005}}
- 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
=Filming=
Loknayak was shot in Hazaribag, Patna, Sitab Diara, Chhapra (birthplace of JP),{{cite web|title=Advani's Rath Yatra brings spotlight to Jaiprakash Narayan's village in Bihar. |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/lk-advani-rath-yatra-sitab-daira-village-bihar/1/154195.html |accessdate=9 February 2014}} Mumbai and Satara. The film was made at the budget of {{INR|90 lakh}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1031218/asp/jharkhand/story_2690275.asp |title=From Gangajaal to JP, Jha in Bihar tribute |publisher=The Telegraph (India) |date=18 December 2003|accessdate=23 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223051248/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1031218/asp/jharkhand/story_2690275.asp|archive-date=23 February 2014}}