One of the main ingredients of a Prakash Jha film is its topical element and the director now wants to bring on the silver screen the relationship of the police and society today.
Almost all of Jha's films be it "Mrityudand", "Gangaajal" "Apaharan" and latest "Satyagraha"- have been connected to their time.
The 61-year-old helmer feels the image of police in the society has changed drastically in the last 12 years and this subject could make for an interesting movie.
"I did 'Gangaajal' which was about the relationship between the society and police at that point of time. The dictum then was that society gets the police it deserves. But in the last 12 years, there has been a big change. The attitude of the society to the police is different," Jha told PTI in an interview.
"Today if a cop has to arrest a criminal he thinks ten times, because there is the caste, communal factor, the local goon, the politician, his own officer, the judiciary. My friends, who are cops say there is no policing in this country anymore. Efficiency has become a crime and inaction is a virtue. I find this very interesting. I have a story I could work on it," Jha said.
The filmmaker, who tried his hands in politics for some time, has made his political drive well-known in his movies as well.
His films have all been prisms for reflecting politics- "Raajneeti" drew parallels to the epic Mahabharata, "Apaharan" was set in the backdrop of politicians and the kidnapping industry in Bihar, "Aarakshan" was on the controversial policy of caste based reservations in Indian government jobs and educational institutions and "Chakravyuh" was a commentary on the issues of Naxalites.
