J. P. Dutta

J. P. Dutta
Dutta in 2013
Born
Jyoti Prakash Dutta

Bombay, Bombay State, India
(now Mumbai, Maharashtra)
OccupationsFilm director, producer, writer
Years active1985– present
Notable work
SpouseBindiya Goswami
ParentO. P. Dutta (father)

Jyoti Prakash Dutta is an Indian film director, writer and producer who works in Hindi cinema. His best known directed films are Ghulami (1985), Yateem (1988), Batwara (1989), Kshatriya (1993) and Border (1997). He is also known for making patriotic, epic war films, such as Border (1997), LOC Kargil (2003), Paltan (2018) and Border 2 (2026).

Personal life

Dutta is married to the Bollywood film actress Bindiya Goswami with whom he has two daughters Nidhi Dutta and Siddhi Dutta. Nidhi is also a film writer and a producer.[1]

Career

He headed the feature film section jury for the National Film Awards (2010), according to sources in the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.[2] He went on to make and direct successful films like Ghulami, Yateem, Batwara, Kshatriya and Border.

Film Production

J. P. Dutta owns the film production company – J. P. Films.

Filmography

Year Film Director Producer Star cast Notes/Links
1985 Ghulami Yes Dharmendra, Naseeruddin Shah, Mithun Chakraborty, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil, Reena Roy
1988 Yateem Yes Sunny Deol, Farah, Danny Denzongpa, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Sujata Mehta, Amrish Puri
1989 Batwara Yes Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Amrita Singh, Poonam Dhillon, Amrish Puri
Hathyar Yes Dharmendra, Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor, Amrita Singh
1993 Kshatriya Yes Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Meenakshi Seshadri, Raveena Tandon, Sunil Dutt (special appearance)
1997 Border Yes Yes Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Puneet Issar, Sudesh Berry, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
2000 Refugee Yes Yes Abhishek Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Suniel Shetty, Jackie Shroff
2003 LOC: Kargil Yes Yes Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan, Suniel Shetty, Akshaye Khanna, Abhishek Bachchan, Mohnish Bahl
2006 Umrao Jaan Yes Yes Aishwarya Rai, Shabana Azmi, Suniel Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan
2018 Paltan Yes Yes Jackie Shroff, Arjun Rampal, Sonu Sood, Gurmeet Choudhary, Harshvardhan Rane, Siddhanth Kapoor
2026 Border 2 Yes Sunny Deol, Varun Dhawan, Diljit Dosanjh, Ahan Shetty, Sonam Bajwa, Mona Singh A Sequel to Border (1997)[3]

References

  1. ^ "JP Dutta's new film starring daughter Nidhi Dutta finishes its first Schedule". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  2. ^ "pbd". www.pbd.in. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Border 2: "Only Sunny Deol Can Carry That Uniform", Says Indian Army Col. Rajeev Bharwan". Archived from the original on 12 January 2026. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
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