Anshuman Jha

Anshuman Jha

Anshuman Jha
Born Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation Film Actor, Theatre actor and Theatre Director
Years active 2003 – present

Anshuman Jha (Born 15 March) is an Indian film and theatre actor best known for his work in Love Sex aur Dhokha.[1] He has been rated as one of the "Top Ten Bollywood Actors of 2010" by Rediff.[2] His performance in the 2014 release Yeh Hai Bakrapur has been widely applauded by Critics&audiences alike.[3] He did his schooling from Manava Bharati India International School New Delhi.

He graduated with a degree in Economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. He also has a diploma in Acting from Barry John's Imago School of Acting.

He was also voted as the "Advertising Face of the Year 2011" by CNBC-TV18's Storyboard.[4]

Career

He began his theatre journey as a 13-year-old by coming to Mumbai from Delhi for SummerTime Acting Workshops At Prithvi Theatre. Soon he made his debut as a professional stage actor in a host of children's plays such as "Jhagrapoor" at "Lalchi" at Prithvi Theatre as a 15-year-old. Jha finished the Diploma Acting Course from Barry John's Academy as a 17-year-old, the youngest ever to have passed out of the course then. He was then cast by Barry John (theatre director) in his play "Its All About Money Honey" in 2002. Jha shifted his base to Mumbai as an 18-year-old and graduated from St. Xavier's College. During these three years he worked in a host of experimental and non-experimental plays with directors like Quasar Padamsee, Joy Fernandes and Jaimini Pathak. He was assisting Subhash Ghai for a period of three years during which he acted and directed plays such as Mr. Kolpert. His devised play Dirty Talk[5] was directed by Nayantara Roy. It was India's representation at Contact-World Theatre Festival in 2010 at Manchester, UK. His most recent play is Ramu Ramanathan's classic "The Boy Who Stopped Smiling" where he plays the lead character.[6]

Anshuman Jha made his feature film debut as a lead actor in Ekta Kapoor and Dibakar Banerjee's Love Sex aur Dhokha. He has done a select high profile endorsements for Red Label and Pepsi. He also endorsed Tata Sky from 2011–12.[7] He was seen in a series of adverts for the same "Poochne mein kya jaata hain" campaign. His second release was Kismat Love Paisa Dilli (KLPD) in 2012 and though the film tanked, he was hailed as the most entertaining thing in the film as Nunna by Filmfare.[8] He had one release in 2013 in Boyss Toh Boyss Hain, in which he played the protagonist of a Sardar alongside Raj Kumar & Manu Rishi. His performance was applauded in the critically acclaimed film Yeh Hai Bakrapur released on 9 May.[9] He has Chauranga & X scheduled for a 2015 release.[10]

Filmography

Actor

Year Film Role Other Notes Director
2010 Love Sex aur Dhokha[11] Rahul Lead actor Dibakar Banerjee
2012 Kismat Love Paisa Dilli KLPD[12][13] Nunna Second lead actor Sanjay Khanduri
2013 Boyss Toh Boyss Hain[14][15] Karan Pal Singh Lead actor Amit Vats Chouhan
2014 Yeh Hai Bakrapur[16] Jaffar Lead Actor Janaki Vishwanathan
2014 Fugly Cheeni Special Appearance Kabir Sadanand
2015 Chauranga[17] Under production Bikas Mishra
2015 X[18] Under production Hemant Gaba,Raja Sen, Nalan Kumarasamy

Direction

Year Film Notes Director
2007 Black and White Chief Assistant Director Subhash Ghai
2008 Paying Guests Chief Assistant Director Paritosh Painter
2009 Peter Gaya Kaam Se Associate Director John Owen
2014 Kaanchi Creative Assistant Director Subhash Ghai

Commercials

Year Product Director Notes
2010 Brooke Bond Red Label Shoojit Sircar With Anupam Kher
2010 Chocolibe Sanjay Shetty Babloo
2011 Pepsi Prasoon Pandey With Kevin Pietersen
2011 Tata Sky Vivek Kakkad Tank Film
2011 Tata Sky Vivek Kakkad Bank Robbery Film
2011 Tata Sky Vivek Kakkad Watchdog Film
2011 KBC Teaser Amit Kumar Aam Aadmi with Amitabh Bachchan
2011 Anmol Veg Munchies Bhavesh Kapadia Corcoise Films
2011 I-CAN Rajesh Sathi Keroscene Films
2013 VICKS Manoj Pillai Chrome Pictures

References

  1. ↑ Nirali Dixit-Hathi, 18 March 2010 . The Times of India. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Raja Sen, 31 December 2010 . Rediff. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Times of India 8 May 2014 . Times of India. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Anuradha Sen Gupta, 24 December 2011 . CNBC. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  5. ↑ MTG editorial,.Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  6. ↑ Mid Day 20 May 2014 . Mid Day. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  7. ↑ Malini Agarwal 6 December 2011 . MissMalini. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Rachit Gupta, 7 October 2012 . Filmfare. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  9. ↑ Hindustan Times 6 May 2014 . Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  10. ↑ Mumbai Mirror 20 December 2011 . Times of India. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  11. ↑ Mayank Shekhar 20 March 2010 . Hindustan Times. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  12. ↑ Dibyojyoti Baksi, 23 December 2011 . Hindustan Times. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  13. ↑ Sonali Joshi Pitale, 28 August 2012 . Mid Day. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  14. ↑ Piyali Dasgupta 28 October 2011 . Times of India. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  15. ↑ Parag Maniar,10 July 2013 . Times of India. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  16. ↑ Shankaran Malini 19 February 2012 . Times of India. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  17. ↑ Hitlist Team 13 April 2013 . Mid Day. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  18. ↑ Piyali Dasgupta Delhi Times 12 August 2013 . Times of India. Retrieved 17 August 2013.

External links

Official Website

www.anshumanjha.com