This is an list of notable Bhojpuri singers. These vocal artists are from India and Nepal; some belong to the immigrant population living abroad in the Netherlands, North America, South America and Africa. [1] [2]
The Bhojpuri Film Awards are an awards ceremony recognizing the best of Bhojpuri cinema. The awards have been presented annually since 2005.
Bhojpuri cinema, also known as Bhojiwood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Bhojpuri language widely spoken in Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh. Its major production centres are Patna. Bhojpuri cinema has grown in recent years. Bhojpuri cinema also caters to second and third generation emigrants who still speak the language in Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Fiji, Mauritius and South Africa.
The Bhojpuri people, also known as Bhojpuriya-sawb are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent who speak the Bhojpuri-language and inhabit the Bhojpur-Purvanchal region. This area is now divided between the western part of the Indian state of Bihar, the eastern part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, western Jharkhand, along with some neighbouring districts in the Madhya Pradesh and Madhesh and Lumbini of Nepal. A significant diaspora population of Bhojpuris can be found in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, South Africa, Mauritius, United States, Canada, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.
Bam Bam Bol Raha Hai Kashi is a 2016 Indian Bhojpuri language film directed by Santosh Mishra and produced by Madhu Chopra and Priyanka Chopra. Dinesh Lal Yadav cast in lead role along with Amrapali Dubey and Antara Banerjee while Manoj Tiger, Sanjay Pandey, Prakash Jais, Deepak Sinha, Ayaz Khan, Dr Archana Singh an Samarth Chaturvedi in supporting roles.
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.
Dabang Sarkar is a 2018 Indian Bhojpuri-language action drama film directed by Yogesh Raj Mishra and produced by Deepak Kumar and Rahul Vohra. It stars Khesari Lal Yadav and Akansha Awshthi. Sanjay Pandey, Deepika Tripathi, Anoop Arora, Samarth Chaturvedi, CP Bhatt, Jayashankat Pandey, Vineet Vishal and others play supporting roles. Kajal Raghwani makes a special appearance in a song.
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.
Kashi Vishwanath is a 2019 Indian, Bhojpuri language action, romance and drama film directed by Subbarao Gosangi and produced by Sarveshwar Reddy under the banner of "Gangotri Studios Private Limited". It stars Ritesh Pandey and Kajal Raghwani in lead roles while Sarika Thosar, Nisha Dubey, Sanjay Verma, Sakila Majid, Uday Shrivastav, Dharmendra Dharam, Supriya, Mohan Shetty, Ratan Nihtha, Ajay Yadav, Narendra Sharma and others play supporting roles.
Sanjay Pandey is an Indian actor mainly active in Bhojpuri films. He is famous for his negative roles in films. He has worked as main villain in several Bhojpuri films.
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.
Darar 2 is an Indian, Bhojpuri language film directed by Sushil Kumar Upadhyay and produced by Ranjit Singh under banner of "Ranjit Singh Entertainment". The stars Ritesh Pandey, Joginder Tiwari, Pravesh Lal Yadav, Kajal Raghwani, Anjana Singh, Shubhi Sharma, Tanushree Chatterjee and Gunjan Pant in lead roles while Anil Samrat, Sanjay Pandey, Sushil Singh, Maya Yadav, Kunal Singh and Prakash Jais in supporting role. It is a sequel of 2010 film Daraar. Khesari Lal Yadav and Chandni Singh make a special appearance with a song.
Border is a 2018 Indian, Bhojpuri-language war film directed by Santosh Mishra and produced by Pravesh Lal Yadav under banner of Nirahua Entertainment Pvt Ltd. The stars Dinesh Lal Yadav "Nirahua" in lead role along with Amrapali Dubey. While Awdhesh Mishra, Sanjay Pandey, Sunil Thapa, Subhi Sharma, Vikrant Singh Rajpoot, Seema Singh, Santosh Mishra, Manoj Tiger, Kiran Yadav, Sushil Singh, Vishal Singh, Pravesh Lal Yadav, Maya Yadav, Kajal Yadav, Aditya Ojha, Avinash Dwivedi and Gaurav Jha are in supporting roles.
Litti Chokha is a 2021 Bhojpuri-language drama film directed by Parag Patil and produced by Pradeep K Sharma under banner of "Baba Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd" with co-produced by Anita Sharma and Padam Singh. The film features Khesari Lal Yadav and Kajal Raghwani in the lead role, with Manoj Tiger, Padam Singh, Pragati Bhatt, Dev Singh, Karan Pandey, Priti Singh, Shruti Rao, Prakash Jais, and Vikash Singh Virappan appearing in supporting roles.
Rang De Basanti is an upcoming Bhojpuri-language Patriotic film directed by Premanshu Singh and produced by Roshan Singh and Sharmila R. Singh under SRK Music Private Limited. Written by Manoj Kushwaha, the film stars Khesari Lal Yadav in the lead role. Rati Pandey and Samarth Chaturvedi are in the supporting roles.