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.
Sabiha Shaikh, known professionally as Rani Chatterjee, is an Indian actress who primarily works in Bhojpuri films. One of the highest paid Bhojpuri actress, Chatterjee made her acting debut with the film Sasura Bada Paisawala (2004). The film still ranks as the highest-grossing Bhojpuri film.
Shubhi Sharma is an Indian actress who is active mainly in Bhojpuri-language films. She is known for her role in Chalni Ke Chaalal Dulha opposite Pravesh Lal Yadav, for which she received the award for Best Female Debut of the Year at the 5th Bhojpuri Film Awards.
Dulaara is a 2015 Indian Bhojpuri language film produced and directed by Rajkumar R. Pandey. It stars, Pradeep Pandey "Chintu", Tanushree, Mohini Ghosh]], Manoj Tiger, Gopal Rai, Awadhesh Mishra, Rani Chatterjee. In this movie Pradeep Pandey aka chintu is in lead role and Tanushree Chatterjee, Ritu Singh and Mohini Ghosh are in his opposite.
Rajkumar R. Pandey is an Indian film director, producer, music composer and screenwriter, known for his works in Bhojpuri films. He also big brother of action samrat Manoj R Pandey, He runs his own film production company "Saideep Films".
Pradeep Pandey "Chintu" is an Indian actor mainly active in Bhojpuri language films. In 2009 Pandey made his acting debut in the Bhojpuri film Deewana, for which he won the Juri Mention Award.
Devra Bhail Deewana is a 2014 Indian, Bhojpuri language film produced and directed by Rajkumar R. Pandey. The film stars Pradeep Pandey ("Chintu"), Manoj Tiwari, Pakhi Hegde, Monalisa and Sanjay Pandey.
Nagina is a 2014 Indian, Bhojpuri language film directed and produced by Rajkumar R. Pandey, and associate directed by Manoj R Pandey, starring Pradeep Pandey "Chintu", Rinku Ghosh. This film is a sequel of the Bhojpuri film Naagin.
Chhora Ganga Kinare Wala is a 2015 Indian, Bhojpuri language film directed by Rajkumar R. Pandey and produced by Dhirendra Choubey and associate directed by Manoj R Pandey, It stars Pradeep Pandey "Chintu", Kushi Bhat (debut), Ravi Kishan, Rinku Ghosh, Vinay Anand, Awdhesh Mishra and Sanjay Pandey.
Saat Saheliyan is a 2010 Indian Bhojpuri-language film directed and produced by Rajkumar R. Pandey, starring Pradeep Pandey, Dinesh Lal Yadav, Rinku Ghosh, Pakkhi Hegde, Rani Chatterjee and Monalisa.
Madhu Sharma is an Indian cinema actress and producer. She has produced two Marathi and four Bhojpuri movies. She basically known for Bhojpuri cinema. She worked with all top actors of Bhojpuri such as "Ghulami" with Dinesh Lal Yadav (Nirahua), "Chhapara Ke Prem Kahani" with Ravi Kishan, "Khiladi" with Khesari Lal Yadav and "Maa Tujhe Salaam" with Pawan Singh.
Sanki Daroga is a 2018 Indian Bhojpuri-language action film starring Ravi Kishan and Anjana Singh and directed by Saif Kidwai. The film was written by Kishan and produced by Ravi Kishan Productions, marking Kishan's debut as a producer. Manoj Tiger, Pappu Yadav, Priti Shukla, Pinkul, Sagar Salman, and Jeet Rastogi appear in supporting roles.
Sakhi Ke Biyah is a 2019 Indian Bhojpuri-language action drama film directed by Nand Kishore Mahto and produced by Pawan Kumar Mahto under the banner: Royal Films Entertainment. The film stars Bhojpuri-singer Sunil Sagar and Rani Chatterjee in the lead with Gopal Rai, Brijesh Tripathi and Maya Yadav cast in the supporting roles. It was initially slated to be released on 4 May 2018 but that didn't occur.
Sabse Bada Champion is a 2019 Indian Bhojpuri-language action romance drama film written and directed by Dhiraj Thakur and produced by Anil Kabra and Renuka Singh under banner of "India E-Commerce Ltd". It stars Ravi Kishan and Kanak Pandey in the lead role while Raju Singh Mahi, Kishan Rai, Monika Roy, Ayushi Tiwari, Brijesh Tripathi, Amit Shukla, Raj Kapoor Shahi, Heera Lal Yadav and others play supporting roles. Rakhi Sawant makes a special appearance in a item song, which making debut in Bhojpuri cinema.
Vivah (transl. Marriage) is a 2019 Indian Bhojpuri-language romantic drama film written and directed by Manjul Thakur and jointly produced by Pradeep Singh, Nishant Ujjwal and Pratik Singh. Its star Pradeep Pandey aka Chintu, Sanchita Benarjee and Akanksha Awasthi in lead roles, while Awdhesh Mishra, Sanjay Mahanand, Ritu Pandey, Lalit Upadhyay, Anita Rawat, Maya Yadav, Shweta Verma, Arbind Tiwari and others in supporting roles. Pakhi Hegde and Kajal Raghwani make special appearance in songs.
