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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Loknayak<br />
| image =<br />
| director = [[Prakash Jha]]<br />
| screenplay = Prakash Jha<br />
| story = Prakash Jha<br />
| producer = Prakash Jha<br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[Chetan Pandit]]|[[Tisca Chopra]]|[[Tom Alter]]}}<br />
| cinematography = Arvind Kumar<br />
| editing = Irene Dhar Malik<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|2004|12|06|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 112 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget = {{INR|90 [[lakh]]}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/dec/06jp.htm|title=Jayaprakash Narayan deserved better|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref><br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Chetan Pandit]] as [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]<br />
* [[Tisca Chopra]] as [[Prabhavati Devi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-small-screen-big-stardom-1001186|title = Small screen big stardom|date = 8 December 2005}}</ref><br />
* [[Tom Alter]] as [[Abul Kalam Azad]]<br />
* Gyan Dev Singh as [[Vinoba Bhave]]<br />
* Ashok Chauhan as [[Mahatma Gandhi]]<br />
* Meenakshi Thakur as [[Kasturba]]<br />
* [[Ashok Banthia]] as [[Ram Manohar Lohia]] <br />
* Atul Srivastava as [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]<br />
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===Filming===<br />
''Loknayak'' was shot in [[Hazaribag]], [[Patna]], Sitab Diara, [[Chhapra]] (birthplace of JP),<ref>{{cite web|title=Advani's Rath Yatra brings spotlight to Jaiprakash Narayan's village in Bihar. |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/lk-advani-rath-yatra-sitab-daira-village-bihar-142917-2011-10-07 |access-date=9 February 2014}}</ref> [[Mumbai]] and [[Satara (city)|Satara]]. The film was made at the budget of {{INR|90 [[lakh]]}} for the [[Ministry of Culture (India)|Ministry of Culture]].<ref name="auto"/> 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]].<br />
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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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Memorials to Jayaprakash Narayan]]<br />
[[Category:2004 Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2004 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Prakash Jha]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Indian biographical films]]<br />
[[Category:2000s biographical films]]</div>Satarupa