Trivia

Born and raised on his family's farm in Champaran, Bihar, India in 1953, Jha studied physics at Delhi University until deciding to work on the family farm in 1970. He moved to Bombay in 1972 to study at the Film & television Institute of India, and has been making films independently since 1974.

Uncle to director Alankrita Shrivastava.

Father of Producer, singer,assistant director Disha Jha .

Was involved with Nandita Das.

Adopted his daughter Disha when she was very young.

There was speculation in the media that Prakash Jha had a wife and kid back home in Bihar.