Education
And graduated with a degree in Economics from Saint Xavier"s College, Mumbai.
Actor Theatre actor and Theatre Director
And graduated with a degree in Economics from Saint Xavier"s College, Mumbai.
He has been rated as one of the "Top Ten Bollywood s of 2010" by Rediff. His performance in his last three releases - 2014 release Yeh Hai Bakrapur, the 2015 release X: Past Is Present & the 2016 release Chauranga have been widely applauded by Critics&audiences alike. He did his schooling from Manava Bharati India International School New Delhi.
He also has a diploma in Acting from Barry John"s Imago School of Acting.
He was also voted as the "Advertising Face of the Year 2011" by Consumer News and Business Channel-TV18"s Storyboard. Currently he can also be seen as the Lead Character in the Biggest Bollywood Musical of India - Jhumroo - at Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon.
He began his theatre journey as a 13-year-old by coming to Mumbai from Delhi for SummerTime Acting Workshops At Prithvi Theatre. Soon he made his debut as a professional stage actor in a host of children"s plays such as "Jhagrapoor" at "Lalchi" at Prithvi Theatre as a 15-year-old.
Jha finished the Diploma Acting Course from Barry John"s Academy as a 17-year-old, the youngest ever to have passed out of the course then
He was then cast by Barry John (theatre director) in his play "Its All About Money Honey" in 2002. Jha shifted his base to Mumbai as an 18-year-old and graduated from Saint Xavier"s College. During these three years he worked in a host of experimental and non-experimental plays with directors like Quasar Padamsee, Joy Fernandes and Jaimini Pathak.
He was assisting Subhash Ghai for a period of three years during which he acted and directed plays such as Mr.
Kolpert. His devised play Dirty Talk was directed by Nayantara Royal lieutenant was India"s representation at Contact-World Theatre Festival in 2010 at Manchester, United Kingdom. His most recent play is Ramu Ramanathan"s classic "The Boy Who Stopped Smiling" where he plays the lead character.
Anshuman Jha made his feature film debut as a lead actor in Ekta Kapoor and Dibakar Banerjee"s Love Sex aur Dhokha. He has done a select high profile endorsements for Red Label and Pepsi.
He also endorsed Tata Sky from 2011-2012.
He was seen in a series of adverts for the same "Poochne mein kya jaata hain" campaign. His second release was Kismat Love Paisa Dilli (KLPD) in 2012 and though the film tanked, he was hailed as the most entertaining thing in the film as Nunna by Filmfare. He had one release in 2013 in Boyss Toh Boyss Hain, in which he played the protagonist of a Sardar alongside Raj Kumar & Manu Rishi.
His performance was applauded in the critically acclaimed film Yeh Hai Bakrapur released on 9 May.
He has Chauranga & X scheduled for a 2015 release. www.anshumanjha.com.