Prem Prakash Modi

Prem Prakash Modi
Prem Modi on the set of 'Arjun'
Born	(1968-07-17) 17 July 1968 (age 48) Nunihat, Jharkhand, India
Residence	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Prem Modi
Occupation	Film Director, Screenwriter, Actor
Years active	1997 - Present

Prem Prakash Modi (Hindi: प्रेम प्रकाश मोदी) born on 17 July is an Indian film director, writer and actor based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

He made his debut as a director in 2013 with a Bengali feature film Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan starring Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Om, Manoj Mitra, Churni Ganguly and Biswajit Chakrabarty based on Samaresh Majumdar's novel Khunkharapi and Kalimpong e Sitaharan. He has also worked alongside with eminent directors such as Ranjit Kapoor, Gul Bahar Singh, Aparna Sen, Anjan Dutt, Anjan Das, Suman Mukhopadhyay and others since 1997.

Prem Modi or Prem Prakash Modi was born on 17 July in the village Nunihat (Nonihat), Jharkhand, India. His father Parmeswar Lal Modi was a small time businessman in the village. There was no television set in the village and the nearest theater was 32 km away in Dumka. He did his schooling from Church School Beldih, Jamshedpur and graduation from Bhagalpur University.

After graduation he shifted in Kolkata for job, his first job was at Howrah Gases Ltd as an accounts assistant. Since due to his keen interest in acting from childhood he joined a theater group and after 10 years he quit his job and started working as a full-time professional actor in films, television serials and theaters.

Inspired by the creative aspect of film-making in 1999 he shifted himself behind the camera and started assisting directors like Gul Bahar Singh, Anjan Das, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Anjan Dutt, Aparna Sen etc.