Highest rated movie: Anwar (2007)
Lowest rated movie: The Legend of Michael Mishra (2016)
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Looking for reviews of films directed by Manish Jha? Cinafilm has a total of 15 reviews across 2 movies directed by Manish Jha.
Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 60%.
Anwar is Manish Jha's highest rated movie, with a score of 66% based on 11 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Manish Jha is The Legend of Michael Mishra, with a score of 55% based on 4 reviews.
Manish Jha is an Indian film writer and director. After completing his studies, Jha moved to Mumbai and began working as an assistant director in television serials hoping to get a break. When the break never came, he made a five-minute short film on the homeless putting in Rs 30,000, A Very Very Silent Film, which won the Jury Prize for the Best Short Film at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Thereafter he made his feature debut with Matrubhoomi (2003) about effects of female infanticide, which won a series of awards and critical acclaim. At the 2003 Venice Film Festival, it was presented in the Critic's Week (Parallel section) and later awarded the FIPRESCI Award "For it's important theme on women's issues and female infanticide handled with sensitivity by a first-time director".
His next was Anwar (2007), a film set in Lucknow, about stereotyping of Muslims in the post 9/11 era. In 2008, he directed the segment title, "And it Rained" in anthology film, with 11 directors, Mumbai Cutting, which became the closing film of 10th Osian's Cinefan Festival in Delhi.
He next directed a two-hour yoga DVD, Shilpa's Yoga (2008) for actress Shilpa Shetty, shot against the coastal backdrop of Kerala.
Manish Jha has directed films starring Hiten Tejwani, Rajpal Yadav, Aditi Rao Hydari and Sanjay Mishra.
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