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class="infobox-label">Total</th><td class="infobox-data">186 (Theatrical)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bhojpuri cinema</b>, also known as <b>Bhojiwood</b>, is the segment of <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_India" title="Cinema of India">Indian cinema</a> dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri language</a> widely spoken in <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Purvanchal" title="Purvanchal">eastern Uttar Pradesh</a>. Its major production centres are <a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhojpuri cinema has grown in recent years.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhojpuri cinema also caters to second and third generation emigrants who still speak the language in <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-global_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-global-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first Bhojpuri <a href="/wiki/Sound_film" title="Sound film">talkie</a> film, <i><a href="/wiki/Ganga_Maiyya_Tohe_Piyari_Chadhaibo" title="Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo">Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo</a></i>, was released in 1963 by <a href="/wiki/Bishwanath_Prasad_Shahabadi" title="Bishwanath Prasad Shahabadi">Bishwanath Prasad Shahabadi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash_Lal" title="Om Prakash Lal">Jai Narayan Lal</a>. The 1980s saw the release of many notable as well as run-of-the-mill Bhojpuri films like <i>Bitia Bhail Sayan</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Chanwa_Ke_Take_Chakor" title="Chanwa Ke Take Chakor">Chandwa ke take Chakor</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hamar_Bhauji" title="Hamar Bhauji">Hamar Bhauji</a></i>, <i>Ganga Kinare Mora Gaon</i> and <i>Sampoorna Tirth Yatra</i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpuri_cinema&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bhojpuri originates in Western Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh in East India. Speakers of it and its creoles are found in many parts of the world, including the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guyana" title="Guyana">Guyana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, many colonizers faced labour shortages due to the abolition of slavery; thus, they imported many Indians, many from Bhojpuri-speaking regions, as indentured servants to labor on plantations. Today, millions of people in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a>, and <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> speak Bhojpuri as a native or second language.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpuri_cinema&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Initial_period_(1962–1967)"><span id="Initial_period_.281962.E2.80.931967.29"></span>Initial period (1962–1967)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpuri_cinema&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Initial period (1962–1967)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1960s, the first president of India, <a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad" title="Rajendra Prasad">Rajendra Prasad</a>, who hailed from Bihar, met <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a> <a href="/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actor</a> <a href="/wiki/Nazir_Hussain" title="Nazir Hussain">Nazir Hussain</a> and asked him to make a film in Bhojpuri, which eventually led to the release of the first Bhojpuri film in 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-ndtv_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ndtv-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhojpuri cinema's history begins with the well-received film <i><a href="/wiki/Ganga_Maiyya_Tohe_Piyari_Chadhaibo" title="Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo">Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo</a></i> ("Mother Ganges, I will offer you a yellow sari"), which was produced by Biswanath Prasad Shahabadi and his partner Jai Narayan Lal under the banner of Nirmal Pictures and directed by Kundan Kumar.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout the following decades, films were produced in fits and starts. <i>Bidesiya</i> ("Foreigner", 1963, directed by S. N. Tripathi) and <i>Ganga</i> ("Ganges", 1965, directed by Kundan Kumar) were profitable and popular, but in general Bhojpuri films were not commonly produced in the 1960s and 1970s. Between 1962 and 1967, 19 Bhojpuri were made.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decline_(1967–1976)"><span id="Decline_.281967.E2.80.931976.29"></span>Decline (1967–1976)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpuri_cinema&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Decline (1967–1976)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In this period, only two Bhojpuri films released, namely <i>Vidhana Naach Nachawe</i> (1968) and <i>Dher Chaalaki Jin Kara</i> (1971).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revival_(1977–2001)"><span id="Revival_.281977.E2.80.932001.29"></span>Revival (1977–2001)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpuri_cinema&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Revival (1977–2001)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1977, <i><a href="/wiki/Dangal_(1977_film)" title="Dangal (1977 film)">Dangal</a></i>, the first <a href="/wiki/Color_motion_picture_film" title="Color motion picture film">colour film</a> in Bhojpuri released. In 1979, <i><a href="/wiki/Balam_Pardesia" title="Balam Pardesia">Balam Pardesia</a></i> released.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1980s, enough Bhojpuri films were produced to tentatively make up an industry. Films such as <i>Mai</i> ("Mom", 1989, directed by Rajkumar Sharma) and <i>Hamar Bhauji</i> ("My Elder Brother's Wife", 1983, directed by Kalpataru) continued to have at least sporadic success at the box office. <i><a href="/wiki/Nadiya_Ke_Paar_(1982_film)" title="Nadiya Ke Paar (1982 film)">Nadiya Ke Paar</a></i> is a 1982 Hindi-Bhojpuri blockbuster directed by Govind Moonis and starring <a href="/wiki/Sachin_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sachin (actor)">Sachin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sadhana_Singh" title="Sadhana Singh">Sadhana Singh</a>, Inder Thakur, Mitali, Savita Bajaj, <a href="/wiki/Sheela_David" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheela David">Sheela David</a>, Leela Mishra and Soni Rathod. However, this trend faded out by the end of the decade. By 1990, the nascent industry seemed to be completely finished.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between, 1977 to 2001, the industry produced about 150 films with an average of 6 films per year.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The industry took off again in 2001 with the <a href="/wiki/Silver_Jubilee" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Jubilee">Silver Jubilee</a> hit <i>Saiyyan Hamar</i> ("My Sweetheart", directed by Mohan Prasad), which shot its hero, <a href="/wiki/Ravi_Kishan" title="Ravi Kishan">Ravi Kishan</a>, to superstardom.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was quickly followed by several other remarkably successful films, including <i>Panditji Batai Na Biyah Kab Hoi</i> ("Priest, tell me when I will marry", 2005, directed by Mohan Prasad) and <i>Sasura Bada Paisa Wala</i> ("My father-in-law, the rich guy", 2005). In a measure of the Bhojpuri film industry's rise, both of these did much better business in the states of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> than mainstream Bollywood hits at the time. Both films, made on extremely tight budgets, earned back more than ten times their production costs.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Sasura Bada Paisa Wala</i> introduced <a href="/wiki/Manoj_Tiwari_(Delhi_politician)" title="Manoj Tiwari (Delhi politician)">Manoj Tiwari</a>, formerly a well-loved folk singer, to the wider audiences of Bhojpuri cinema. In 2008, he and Ravi Kissan were the leading actors of Bhojpuri films, and their fees increase with their fame. The extremely rapid success of their films has led to dramatic increases in Bhojpuri cinema's visibility, and the industry now supports an awards show<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a trade magazine, <i>Bhojpuri City</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which chronicles the production and release of what are now over 100 films per year. </p><p>Many of the major stars of mainstream Bollywood cinema, including <a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a>, have recently worked in Bhojpuri films. <a href="/wiki/Mithun_Chakraborty" title="Mithun Chakraborty">Mithun Chakraborty</a>'s Bhojpuri debut <i><a href="/wiki/Bhole_Shankar_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhole Shankar (film)">Bhole Shankar</a></i>, released in 2008, is considered the biggest Bhojpuri hit of all time.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2008, a 21-minute diploma Bhojpuri film by <a href="/wiki/Siddharth_Sinha" title="Siddharth Sinha">Siddharth Sinha</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Udedh_Bun" title="Udedh Bun">Udedh Bun</a></i> (Unravel) was selected for world premiere at the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_International_Film_Festival" title="Berlin International Film Festival">Berlin International Film Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later it won the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award (India)">National Film Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Short_Fiction_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film">Best Short fiction Film</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bhojpuri poet <a href="/wiki/Manoj_Bhawuk" title="Manoj Bhawuk">Manoj Bhawuk</a> has written a history of Bhojpuri cinema.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhawuk is widely known as "Encyclopedia of Bhojpuri Cinema". </p><p>In February 2011, a three-day film and cultural festival in <a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a> marking 50 years of Bhojpuri cinema, opened <i>Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo</i> the first Bhojpuri film. 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Pandey">Rajkumar R. Pandey</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_directors">Film directors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpuri_cinema&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Film directors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rajnish_Mishra" title="Rajnish Mishra">Rajnish Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Mishra" title="Santosh Mishra">Santosh Mishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_R._Pandey" title="Rajkumar R. Pandey">Rajkumar R. Pandey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajay_Srivastava" title="Ajay Srivastava">Ajay Srivastava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._N._Tripathi" title="S. N. Tripathi">S. N. Tripathi</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_directors">Music directors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpuri_cinema&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Music directors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chitragupt_(composer)" title="Chitragupt (composer)">Chitragupt (composer)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damodar_Raao" title="Damodar Raao">Damodar Raao</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lyricists">Lyricists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpuri_cinema&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Lyricists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shailendra_(lyricist)" title="Shailendra (lyricist)">Shailendra (lyricist)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singers">Singers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpuri_cinema&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Singers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Bhojpuri_singers" title="List of Bhojpuri singers">List of Bhojpuri singers</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_films">Notable films</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhojpuri_cinema&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notable films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div 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