Rahul is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Prakash Jha and produced by Subhash Ghai. The film stars Neha Bajpai, Jatin Grewal, Rajeshwari Sachdev and Yash Pathak.

Prakash Jha is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as Hip Hip Hurray (1984), Damul (1984), Mrityudand (1997), Gangaajal (2003), Apaharan (2005), and his multi-starrer films, Raajneeti (2010), Aarakshan (2011), Chakravyuh (2012), and Satyagraha (2013). He is also the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like Faces After The Storm (1984) and Sonal (2002).