Mukesh Chand Mathur, better known mononymously as Mukesh, was an Indian playback singer. Mukesh is considered to be one of the most popular and acclaimed playback singers of the Hindi film industry. Amongst the numerous nominations and awards he won, his song "Kai Baar Yuhi Dekha Hai" from the film Rajnigandha (1973) won him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.
Ghulam Mustafa Durrani was an Indian radio drama artist, playback singer, actor and music director.
Cinemas in the Bhojpuri language are predominantly produced in the Indian state of Bihar. Bihar also has relatively smaller Maithili and Magahi film industries.
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 an Indian film industry of Bhojpuri-language motion pictures. It is based in western Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh with major production centres in Lucknow and Patna.
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, better known as Rani Chatterjee, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Bhojpuri-language films. She is known for her roles in films like Sasura Bada Paisawala, Sita, Devra Bada Satawela and Rani No. 786. She also worked in the 2020 webseries Mastram.
Shri Nath Tripathi was an Indian composer, whose active years were from the 1930s to the 1980s. Tripathi's multi-faceted work range included being a composer, writer, actor, and director of films. His debut film as an independent composer was Chandan (1942). He was the first composer to make use of the slogan "Jai Hind" in a song in films, during the end of the British Raj. The song was "Jai Hind, Jai Hind, Jai Hind, Yeh Hind Ki Kahaniyan" from the film Mansarovar (1946). He gained popularity as an actor when he started playing the role of Hanuman in mythological and religious films like Homi Wadia's RamBhakt Hanuman and Hanuman Pataal Vijay (1951).
Awdhesh Mishra is an Indian actor who primarily works in Bhojpuri-language films, mainly in negative roles. He has worked as main villain in several Bhojpuri films, south Indian Movies and Bollywood as well.
Dishum TV is an Indian, Bhojpuri general entertainment free to air (FTA) television channel owned and operated by Dishum Broadcasting Pvt Ltd. An entertainment company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, the channel airs content intended for people of all ages ranging from drama, daily soap, films, devotional songs, mythological shows, music, and shows featuring Bollywood celebrities.
Dulhan Ganga Paar Ke is a 2018 Indian Bhojpuri-language action drama film directed by Aslam Sheikh and produced by Arvind Anand. The film stars Khesari Lal Yadav as Krishna and Kajal Raghwani as Radha, with Awdhesh Mishra, KK Goswami, Dev Singh, Prakash Jais, Shakeela Majeed, Deepak Sinha, and Brijesh Tripathi in supporting roles. The film was Kriti Yadav's debut as a child actress. Actress Amrapali Dubey made a special appearance in the song "Marad Abhi Baccha Ba".
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.
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.
Nirahua Hindustani 3 is a 2018 Indian Bhojpuri-language action romance comedy film directed by Manjul Thakur and produced by Pravesh Lal Yadav under banner of "Nirahua Entertainment Pvt Ltd". Dinesh Lal Yadav in leading role along with Amrapali Dubey and Shubhi Sharma. Sanjay Pandey, Kiran Yadav, Samarth Chaturvedi, Ashish Shendre, Pallavi Koli, Oshin Kamboj, Samarth Chaturvedi, Ritu Pandey, Shweta Verma and Sanjay Mahanand feature in supporting roles.
Alok Kumar is a Bhojpuri actor and singer. Alok Kumar was the winner of the first season of Mahuaa TV's "Sur Sangram". He debuted as an actor in the film Kahiya Biyah Bola Karba with Rinku Ghosh.
Crack Fighter is an 2019 Indian Bhojpuri-language action romance drama film directed by Sujit Kumar Singh and produced by Upendra Singh. It stars Pawan Singh, Sanchita Banerjee and Nidhi Jha in lead roles. Pradeep Rawat, Brijesh Tripathi, Umesh Singh, Lota Tiwari, Dhama Verma play supporting roles.
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 song, which making debut in Bhojpuri cinema.
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.
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.
