Prem Prakash Modi

Modi 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 as an Assistant Director for noted directors such as Ranjit Kapoor, Gul Bahar Singh, Aparna Sen, Anjan Dutt, Anjan Das, Suman Mukhopadhyay and others since 1997.

Modi's first film as an assistant director (AD) was The Goal, a Children's Film Society (CFSI) production which starred Irrfan Khan and was directed by Gul Bahar Singh; the film won the Best Children's Film Award at 47th National Film Awards – India, the Special International Jury Prize at 11th Cairo International Film Festival – Egypt and Special Mention at Zlin International Federation of Film Societies. Modi was the Chief AD for the film Chaturanga directed by Suman Mukhopadhya, which was entered in the Montreal World Film Festival. He was again the Chief AD for the film Iti Mrinalini, directed by Aparna Sen, which was national;y and internationally acclaimed. He has assisted noted director Samir Mehanovic, a BAFTA award winner for the film Mouth of Hell ("Anant"). He was creative adviser and coordinator for the Brazilian television show The Embarcados ("On a Boat").

After graduation, Modi moved to Kolkata. His is first job was at Howrah Gases Ltd as an accounts assistant. 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. In 1999 he moved behind the camera and began assisting directors such as Gul Bahar Singh, Anjan Das, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Anjan Dutt, Aparna Sen etc.

Prem Prakash Modi (born 17 July 1968), is an Indian film director, writer and actor based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.