Chhattisgarh is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Pradesh to the northwest, Maharashtra to the southwest, Jharkhand to the northeast, Odisha to the east, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to the south. Formerly a part of Madhya Pradesh, it was granted statehood on 1 November 2000 with Raipur as the designated state capital.
Chandra Shekhar Sitaram Tiwari, popularly known as Chandra Shekhar Azad, was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) after the death of its founder, Ram Prasad Bismil, and three other prominent party leaders, Roshan Singh, Rajendra Nath Lahiri and Ashfaqulla Khan. He hailed from Bardarka village in Unnao district of United Provinces and his parents were Sitaram Tiwari and Jagrani Devi. He often used the pseudonym "Balraj" while signing pamphlets issued as the commander-in-chief of the HSRA.
The Legend of Bhagat Singh is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language biographical period film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. The film is about Bhagat Singh, a revolutionary who fought for Indian independence along with fellow members of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association. It features Ajay Devgan as the titular character along with Sushant Singh, D. Santosh and Akhilendra Mishra as the other lead characters. Raj Babbar, Farida Jalal and Amrita Rao play supporting roles. The film chronicles Singh's life from his childhood where he witnesses the Jallianwala Bagh massacre until the day he was hanged to death before the official trial dated 24 March 1931.
Aashirwad (transl. Blessing) is a 1968 Bollywood film, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film main stars Ashok Kumar, Veena (actress), Sumita Sanyal and Sanjeev Kumar. The film is notable for Ashok Kumar & Veena (actress) life time performances and its also inclusion of a rap-like song performed by Ashok Kumar, "Rail Gaadi" & "Nav Chali".
The Bhojpuri Film Awards are an awards ceremony recognizing the best of Bhojpuri cinema. The awards have been presented annually since 2005.
Nadaan is a 1971 Bollywood drama film directed by Deven Verma. The film stars Asha Parekh, Navin Nischal, Helen and Madan Puri.
Peepli Live is a 2010 Indian satirical black comedy film that explores the topic of farmer suicides and the subsequent media and political response. It is written and directed by Anusha Rizvi in her directorial debut, and produced by Aamir Khan Productions. The film stars Naya Theatre company member Omkar Das Manikpuri as well as Naseeruddin Shah, Raghubir Yadav, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Shalini Vatsa and Malaika Shenoy along with a number of newcomers. Peepli Live, distributed by UTV Motion Pictures, was released on 13 August 2010.
The Hindi blogosphere is the online community of Hindi-language weblogs that are a part of the larger Indian blogosphere.
Yug is an Indian Hindi-language television series that was telecast on DD National from September 1996 to November 1997.
Bhakla is an Indian Chhattisgarhi-language film, released on 5 May 2006. This film is notable because Lata Mangeshkar sang a song in this film, which was her first and only Chhattisgarhi song. The movie was directed by Dinesh Patel and written by Madan Sharma. The composer for his movie is Kalyan Sen, who is a notable music director in Chhattisgarh.
Newton is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language black comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Amit V. Masurkar. The film stars Rajkummar Rao in the title role of a government servant who is sent to a politically sensitive area of central India on election duty. Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil and Raghubir Yadav appeared in prominent roles. The film was produced by Manish Mundra under Drishyam Films, known for the 2015 film Masaan. The film is Amit Masurkar’s second feature after his debut with Sulemani Keeda in 2013.
Aiyaary is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey. Produced by Shital Bhatia, Dhaval Gada & Motion Picture Capital and distributed by Reliance Entertainment, Plan C Studios, Friday Filmworks & Pen India Limited. The film features Sidharth Malhotra, Manoj Bajpayee, Rakul Preet Singh, Pooja Chopra, Adil Hussain, Kumud Mishra, Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher. Inspired by the Adarsh Housing society scam, the film's narrative centers around the relation between a colonel and his protege that gets affected when the latter becomes disillusioned upon overhearing a conversation and goes rogue with sensitive data related to his covert organization, prompting the colonel to race against time and hunt him down.
The International Bhojpuri Film Award are a set of awards presented annually by Yashi Films International to honour the artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Bhojpuri film industry. Instituted in 2015, the ceremony is held in different countries around the world every year. The first year of the International Bhojpuri Film Award was commenced in 2015 at Mauritius followed by IBFA 2016 Dubai, IBFA 2017 London, IBFA 2018 Malaysia and IBFA 2019 Singapore.
The Great Indian Film and Literature Festival is a film and literary festival in India, started in 2012. It is India's first film and literature festival. The festival conducts film screenings, theater presentations, poetry reading, musical concerts and workshops. The Great Indian Film and Literature Festival is supported by the Department of Culture and Department of Tourism, and the Government of Madhya Pradesh.
Sher Singh is a 2019 Indian, Bhojpuri language action romance drama film directed by Shashank Rai and jointly produced by Shashank Rai, Gayatri Kesharwani and Madhwesh Rai with co-produced by 2 Brothers Film. It stars Pawan Singh and Amrapali Dubey in the lead roles, while Aayushi Tiwari, Ashok Samarth, Brijesh Tripathi, Sanjay Verma, Jaswant Kumar, Ajay Suryavanshi, Sweety Singh, Mukesh Tiwari, Rajveer Yadav, Jai Singh, Vijay Singh and Vikash Tiwari in supporting roles. Sambhavna Seth make a special appearance in this film.
The Golden Jury Film Festival is a film festival in India, that is held annually in Mumbai. It was founded in 2019.
Nitin Dubey is an Indian singer, composer, actor, and lyricist. Born in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. Dubey is known for his work as a composer, vocalist, music director, and playback singer in Chhattisgarh cinema and as a performer at various national level music festivals and bhajan programs.
