- Born
- Birth nameJyoti Prakash Dutta
- Nickname
- The Master Filmmaker Of India.
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- J.P. Dutta was born on October 3, 1949 in Bombay, State of Bombay, India. He is a director and writer, known for Border (1997), LOC: Kargil (2003) and Refugee (2000). He has been married to Bindiya Goswami since 1985. They have two children.
- SpouseBindiya Goswami(1985 - present) (2 children)
- Children
- Parents
- Long tracking shots of main protagonist in his films
- Often makes films on Police and Army background with extensive research on proper administration and working of Police and Army.
- Extensive use of steadicam during battle sequences in his films
- His War films have only one way military approach, they do not involve the working and role of journalism and politics in War.
- Signature style of 5 Camera set-up during intense Battle and Action sequences.
- Storyboards all his films himself.
- Taught the art of filmmaking to director Rajkumar Santoshi.
- Godfather of Kareena Kapoor.
- Godfather of Abhishek Bachchan.
- Father of actress , assistant director Nidhi Dutta.
- If it is not worth talking about soldiers Vikram Batra and Manoj Pandey, who got the Param Vir Chakra, then what is life worth talking about for Indians? I would like to raise this question? (On his War Epic Loc Kargil)
- Hathiyar was not a hit, but the critics praised it and it's one of my best films to date. (On his first gangster Film Hathyar (1989))
- I am a soldier with cinema as the strongest weapon with me.
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