Jag Mundhra

Jag Mundhra Biography

Jag Mundhra was an Indian filmmaker best known for the movies related to social issues and horror and erotic thrillers. His directorial ventures - Bawandar and Provoked are related to social issues. During his early phase of film career he became popular as an American exploitation film writer-director. Bawander was based on a real life incident of a rape victim of Rajasthan - Bhanwari Devi and she received a small fund through a political worker and businessman who described Bhanwari as his "rakhi sister". Mundhra is known for making films - The Jigsaw Murders (1988), Halloween Night (1988), Night Eyes (1990), "The Other Women"(1992), L.A. Goddess (1993), Sexual Malice (1994), Tales of The Kama Sutra : The Perfumed Garden (2000) and Tales of The Kama Sutra 2 : Monsoon (2001) -  a string of horror and erotic thrillers.

Jagmohan "Jag" Mundhra was born in Nagpur on 29 October 1948. He was brought up in a Marwari locality in Calcutta, in a conservative family for which films were taboo. His grandmother was very strict and allowed him to see only a couple of films a year belonging to mythological series. Then he studied at the prestigious IIT Bombay which opened the keys to entertainment industry. It was during this time he learnt fluent English. Then he pursued MS in Electrical Engineering, in Michigan but switched to marketing after one semester.

He did a comparative study of marketing practices in Hollywood and Bollywood. Thus he reached India and Bollywood to learn more about it. He completed his PhD and taught for a year at California State University, which brought him near to Hollywood. In 1979 he resigned and decided to become a full-time filmmaker. Suraag was his first work followed by a series of erotic movies.

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Updated: February 19, 2014