Kranti Prakash Jha (born 2 November 1988) is an Indian Bollywood actor, film producer, television personality, businessman and model from Begusarai, Bihar, best known for his roles of Santosh Lal in the 2016 Indian biographical sports film M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story.[3]

Kranti Prakash Jha
Born2 November 1988 (1988-11-02) (age 36)
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
Alma materHindu College[2] Delhi University
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Film producer
  • Television personality
  • Businessman
  • Model
Years active2014–present

He studied at Hindu College, University of Delhi. He has done his schooling from Purnia, Bihar. His father was a bureaucrat and was posted as RDDE at Purnia. He began his career by appearing in ads. He has featured in numerous TV commercials and music videos. He debuted in the lead role in the award-winning Maithili film Mithila Makhaan,[4][5][6] and in the Bhojpuri films Deswa and Once Upon a Time in Bihar in lead roles.

His recent portrayal of a young migrant Bihari in the viral Chhath video with Kristine Zedek, sung by Sharda Sinha and Directed By National Awarded Nitin Neera Chandra and produced by Neetu Chandra has brought many laurels and appraisals from fans.[7][8] He will be next seen in the Discovery Jeet's Biopic on Indian Hockey Coach Harinder Singh.

He recently played the lead role in the web series Raktanchal released on MX Player.

Filmography

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Films

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Year Film Role Notes
2011 Viklap Soham Bakshi
Deswa Unnamed
2013 Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela Veer
2015 Once Upon a Time in Bihar Rajiv Kumar
2016 M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story Santosh Lal (Dhoni's friend)
2018 Kaashi in Search of Ganga Babina
2019 Mithila Makhaan Kranti Maithili Language Film
Batla House Adil Ameen
Purush Siddharth
2022 Samrat Prithviraj Hada Hammir
2023 Bindiya Babu Yadav

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 Stories by Rabindranath Tagore Bhupati Babu
2018 Swami Ramdev - Ek Sangharsh Swami Ramdev [9]

Web series

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Year Title Role Notes
2020–2022 Raktanchal Vijay Singh [10]

References

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  1. ^ "Kranti Prakash Jha".
  2. ^ "Untold Story of the Actor who taught Sushant the Helicopter Shot in the Biopic of Dhoni". 13 October 2016.
  3. ^ "KRANTI PRAKASH JHA- Taking a Big Leap on Silver Screen in M.S Dhoni – The Untold Story". cityairnews.com. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  4. ^ "राष्ट्रपति सं मैथिली भाषाक सर्वश्रेष्ठ फिल्मक राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार ग्रहण केलाह: नितिन" (in Hindi). Mithila Mirror. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  5. ^ "अमेरिका में मैथिली सुपर स्टार क्रान्ति झा और हिन्दी स्टार राजेश कुमार सम्मानित". himalini.com (in Hindi). 26 May 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Exclusive: Kranti Prakash woos audience with his credible, calculated and convincing act". newsgram.com. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  7. ^ "The Chhath puja song is back, will make you homesick again". 22 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Chhath rituals bring family together". The Times of India. 24 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Kranti Prakash Jha on playing Swami Ramdev on TV: I have tried to be as close to his real persona as I could". The Indian Express. 29 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Raktanchal | IMDb". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 6 July 2022.