Chhath is an ancient Hindu festival native to the Indian subcontinent, more specifically, the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and the Nepalese Autonomous provinces of Koshi, Madhesh and Lumbini. Prayers during Chhath puja are dedicated to the solar deity, Surya, to show gratitude for bestowing the bounties of life on earth and to request that certain wishes be granted.
The IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor recognizes a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role. The award is chosen by the viewers and the winner is announced at the ceremony. Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Rampal, Anil Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan are leading with 2 wins.
Sharda Sinha is an Indian folk and classical singer. Hailing from Bihar, she predominantly sings in Maithili and Bhojpuri language. She has sung many regional songs like "Vivah Geet", "Chhath Geet". In 1991, she received the Padma Shri award for her contribution to music. She was awarded Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, on the eve of Republic Day in 2018.
The Bhojpuri Film Awards are an awards ceremony recognizing the best of Bhojpuri cinema. The awards have been presented annually since 2005.
Bhojpuri cinema, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Bhojpuri language widely spoken in the state of Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar with major production centres in Lucknow and Patna. The first Bhojpuri talkie film, Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo, was released in 1963 by Vishwanath Shahabadi. The 1980s saw the release of many notable as well as run-of-the-mill Bhojpuri films like Bitia Bhail Sayan, Chandwa ke take Chakor, Hamar Bhauji, Ganga Kinare Mora Gaon and Sampoorna Tirth Yatra.
Antara Biswas, better known by her stage name Monalisa, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Hindi television and has previously worked in Bhojpuri language films. She has also appeared in Hindi, Bengali, Odia, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu language films. She participated as a contestant of reality series Bigg Boss 10 in 2016. She is best known for portraying Mohana Rathod in Star Plus's supernatural drama series, Nazar.
Manoj Kumar Tiwari is an Indian politician, singer and actor serving as a Member of Parliament from North East Delhi. He contested the 2009 general election as a Samajwadi Party candidate from Gorakhpur Lok Sabha but lost to Yogi Adityanath. Again, he contested 2014 Indian general elections as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and won. He was appointed as Delhi BJP president in 2016. He was the head of the BJP organisation in Delhi when the party recorded a record victory in 2017 MCD elections. He was a contestant in Bigg Boss season 4.
Chandrani Mukherjee is a former Bollywood playback singer, she is a sister-in-law of Bappi Lahiri from West Bengal and a Filmfare nominee.
Chandrani began her career in Bollywood with the film Aag Aur Toofan in 1975. Thereafter she sang in a couple of films until her swan song in Aaj Kie Aurat (1993). She was nominated for the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award thrice though she never won it.
Yaar Gaddar is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Umesh Mehra, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Saif Ali Khan, Somy Ali and Prem Chopra.
Malini Awasthi is an Indian folk singer. She sings in Bhojpuri, Awadhi and Hindi, She also presents Thumri and Kajri. The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016. She is known for her contribution in Bhojpuri music.
Muqaddar is a 2017 Indian Bhojpuri-language action-romance-musical drama film written and directed by Sekhar Sharma and produced by Wasim S. Khan. The film stars Khesari Lal Yadav and Kajal Raghwani are in lead roles, while Shubhi Sharma, Shamim Khan, Awadhesh Mishra, Baleshwar Singh, C P Bhatt, Prakash Jais, Ayaz Khan, J Neelam, Nagesh Mishra, Hemant Samrat, Abhay Rai, Nasir Khan and Santosh Verma are in supporting roles.
Loha Pahalwan is a 2018 Indian Bhojpuri-language action drama film directed by Iqbal Baksh and produced by Sanjay A Nishad and Ramesh Vyas with co-produced by Sushil Singh under banner of "Lakshmi Ganpathy Films" and "Nishad Productions". The film features Pawan Singh and Payas Pandit in the lead role while Sushil Singh, Prakash Jais, Dev Singh, Pushpak Chawla, Deepak Sinha, Santosh Pahalwan, Dhama Verma, Shraddha Naval, Heera Yadav also play pivotal roles. Seema Singh and Glori Mohanta make a special appearance in songs.
Dulhan Chahi Pakistan Se 2 is a 2018 Indian Bhojpuri-language action romance drama film written, directed and produced by Rajkumar R. Pandey with co-produced by Krishna R. Pandey, Antra Pandey and Aarna R. Pandey under banner of "Saideep Films". The film features Pradeep Pandey and Surabhi Shukla in lead roles and Bollywood actor Rahul Dev make his Bhojpuri debut with negative role. While Shubhi Sharma, Arun Bakshi, Sanjay Pandey, KK Goswami, Gargi Pandit, Shakeela Majeed, Amit Shukla, Shubham Tiwari and Aditya Ozha in supporting roles. Monalisa make a special appearance in song "Susuk Susuk Ke Royi Thi". It is sequel of 2016 Bhojpuri film Dulhan Chahi Pakistan Se.
Naagdev is a 2018 Indian, Bhojpuri language action- drama film directed by Dev Pandey and produced by Neelabh Tiwari, Ram Karan Gaud and Ramesh Singh under banner of "Rambha Entertainment" and "Neelabh Tiwari Films". Starring Khesari Lal Yadav in the lead role and Kajal Raghwani in an opposite role. Awadhesh Mishra, Dev Singh, Ritu Pandey, Vinod Mishra, Anoop Arora, Samarth Chaturvedi, J Neelam, Maya Yadav, Reena Rani, Prakash Jais, Sanjay Mahanand, Priya Sharma, Rohit Singh "Matru" and Sweety Singh play supporting roles, this film was first to introduce Vfx in Bhojpuri cinema.
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar is an annual Indian award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi to outstanding artists under 40 who have demonstrated talent in the fields of music, dance and drama. The award is intended to provide national recognition to the artists in the early years of their careers. Every year up to 33 artists are selected. Award winners receive a prize of ₹25,000 (US$310). The award has been conferred since 2006.
Bhaag Khesari Bhaag is a 2019 Indian Bhojpuri language sports drama film directed by Premanshu Singh and produced by Umashankar Prasad with co-produced by Ayush Raj Gupta under banner of "J P Stars Pictures". Its star Khesari Lal Yadav and Smriti Sinha in lead roles. While Ayaz Khan, Amit Shukla, Sanjay Verma, Amit Choudhary, Satya Prakash, Pritam Kumar, Rahul Sahu and others in supporting roles. The story was written by Manoj Kushwaha.
Suresh Kumar and Bihar Laga Ke Rakhna 3 2020 is an Bhojpuri-Language film written and directed by Rajnish Mishra and produced by Nishant Ujjwal under banner of "Renu Vijay Films Entertainment" and present by Abhay Sinha and Ease My Trip.com. This film is a remake of the 2014 Tamil film Velaiilla Pattadhari. In this film, Khesari Lal Yadav and Sahar Afsha are in lead roles, while Ritu Singh, Amit Shukla, Shraddha Nawal, Surya Dwivedi, Uday Tiwari, Mahesh Acharya, Neel Kamal Singh, Manoj Tiger, Brijesh Tripathi and others in supporting roles. Amrapali Dubey make special appearance in song "Laga Ke Vaseline".
