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Bhojpuri - The Global
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भोजपत्र देवनागरी
:: A Silent Revoution on the net. |
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As mentioned by one Commentator, a Silent revolution is going on
internet spearheaded by Bhojpuri Professionals to preserve Bhojpuri
Traditions for future generations. Join this unique devanagari based
content management tool to create online Database Bhojpuri Literature.
Read / Write in Bhojpuri Language in Unicode Devanagari click
BhojPATRA Bhojpuri
The Hindi Version
of BhojPATRA is also launched at
http://www.bhojpatra.com
Read / Write in Hindi language in Unicode Devanagari click
BhojPATRA Hindi |
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A
Brief History of Bhojpuri Film |
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1960-1970
The first Bhojpuri Film was 'Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Charaihbo'
which was released in 1961 by Vishwanath Shahabadi. Other films like 'Jekra
Charanwa mein lagal paranwa', 'Lage Nahi Chhute Ram, 'Bhauji', 'Bidesia', and 'Loha
Singh' came later and did reasonably good business.
1970-1980
Later on in 1978, Ashok Jain gave a mush needed fillip to Bhojpuri Film with
Sliver Jubalee Film 'Dangal'. The respected actor Nazir Hussain also
produced a very memorable film 'Balam Pardesia'
1980-1990
The 80's showered the Bhojpuri people with many notable as well as run of the
mill film like 'Bitia Bhail Sayan' , 'Chandwa ke take Chakor', 'Hamar
Bhauji', Ganga Kinare Mora Gaon' - A very Popular Film, 'Sonwa ke Pinjra', 'Senur',
'Ganga Ghat', 'Saiyya Tere Karan', 'Dharati Maiyya' - Again a super success, 'Ganag
Maiyya Bhar de Ancharwa hamar', 'Piya Nirmohiya', 'Sampoorna Tirth Yatra', 'Bhaiya
Dooj', ' Bansuriya Baje', 'Ganga Ke Tir', 'Bairi sawan', 'Dulha Ganga par ke',
Ganga Mare Laheria etc...
1990-2000
Data not available but the production of Bhojpuri Film is not encouraging
in this decade.
Producers
Ashok Jain is the leading producer of the Bhojpuri Films. Vishwanath
Shahabadi, Nazir Hussain, Mohan ji Prasad, Dilip Bose, K Pervez, Akabar Balm,
Prem Kumar Dutta are very notable and successful Bhojpuri film maker.
Still Being Compiled and
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A Times of India Report on the
Contemporary Bhojpuri Cinema :
"Bhojpuri : A Parallel Cinema" |
Note : Following Article is taken from The Times of India, New Delhi
Edition titled "Bhojpuri : A Parallel
Cinema"
There is an India where Manoj Tiwari Mridul is a superstar, and his
serenades are in a language only passingly similar to Mumbai’s Hindi.
Bhojpuri’s popularity in small towns and even among the Indian diaspora,
is attracting mainstream stars like Ajay Devgan and Jackie Shroff. Others
may follow.
Writer-filmmaker Kamal Anand dubbed Namak
Halal into Bhojpuri this year, after sitting on its copyright for eight
years, as there was no market for films in that dialect. "But today the
situation has changed."The new version is called Babua Khiladi Dadua Anadi
with Amitabh as ‘Babua’. The film’s memorable songs such as Jawani
Jaaneman, Raat Baki Baat Baki and Pag Ghungaroo Baandh Meera Nachi Thi
have been peppered in Bhojpuri.
The new cinema has attracted producers like
Subhash Ghai, Rajshri, Nitin Manmohan and Tinu Verma. Actors Govinda, Juhi
Chawla and Nagma are already taking lessons in the language. Even Columbia
Tristar briefly toyed with the idea of getting one of its films dubbed...
"It makes good business sense as these films
sell in Bihar, UP, and parts of Punjab and Maharashtra,"says
producer-director Ranjan Kumar Singh. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh agrees.
"Most Bhojpuri films are made in small budgets, usually Rs 20-30 lakh, and
they fetch Rs 1-2 crore."Several of these films are grossing 10 times
their production costs. A good film can even make a profit of Rs 10-12
crore...
A few years ago, this wasn’t the case. While
Gujarati, Marathi and Punjabi films got their due at the box office,
Bhojpuri films didn’t really recapture the supersuccess of the 1982
blockbuster Nadiya Ke Paar, which starred Sachin and Sadhna Singh, and was
made under the respectable banner of Rajshri Productions.
Twenty two years hence, the tide finally
turned. In 2005, Manoj, a struggling singer, debuted in sex comedy Sasura
Bada Paisewala. The film ran for more than 50 weeks in Varanasi and Kanpur
in UP and for 25 weeks elsewhere. Sasura..., made with a modest budget of
Rs 30 lakh, grossed a stupendous Rs 15 crore. Manoj’s other films such as
Daroga Babu I Love You then went on to do a business of Rs 4 crore and
Bandhan Tutey Na has already made Rs 3 crore..
The industry has learned to talk in
crores and has budgeted Rs 1-1.25 crore for an action film Dharti
Putra, also starring who else but Manoj. Industry sources say that
Manoj has made the most of the prosperity. He was paid Rs 2 lakh
earlier. Now he charges Rs 50 lakh a film. A figure he stoutly denies
though. "Jooth bolta hai sab."But admits his films are raking in big
money in UP and Bihar. Sasura... is still playing to full houses in
Bihar and has surpassed Hindi films in the region, except for Gadar,
for now. Even Hindi heavyweights like Mangal Pandey, The Rising, are
said to have fallen behind Sasura... in Bihar and MP
Manoj is very busy these days. "I’m
currently shooting for Pyar Ke Bandhan. Then there’s a film titled
Dharti Kahey Pukar Ke with Ajay Devgan followed by a film with Jackie
Shroff. In September my film Damadji is releasing followed by Tinu
Varma’s Dharti Putra."
Meanwhile Hindi film singer Udit Narayan,
a Bihari, has debuted as a producer with Kab Hui Gauna Hamar. The film
has been running to packed theatres for the past two months in Punjab
and Delhi and its success has encouraged Narayan to produce another
film, to be shot in London. The film goes back 150 years and depicts
the plight of Biharis in Mauritius..
Distributors attribute the success
to cleaner content. "Gone are double-meaning dialogues, lack of a
coherent storyline and poor technical quality. The films are
slicker, "says Manoj.
Bhojpuri films are also heading to
countries which have a Bhojpuri-speaking population such as
Mauritius, Fiji, Surinam and Nepal. "Last month we started selling
Daroga Babu I Love You overseas and are looking at possibilities
for Sasura...,"says Tiwari. The returns have taken film shootings
out of grimy studios to exotic locations. Babul Pyare with Raj
Babbar, Arun Govil, Ravi Kishan and Hrishita Bhatt completed a
shooting spell in London a few days ago.
Kishan, who also starred in Saiyan
Hamar, says that Bhojpuri films have saved single-screen cinema
halls in Bihar and UP, which would have otherwise been converted
into malls.
New moral standards are guarding
Bhojpuri films. In Firangi Dulhania, a story about a village boy
from Bihar who goes to study in London and returns with a foreign
bride, director Ranjan Kumar Singh, has got the exciting services
of an Ukrainian actress, Tanya (what else..)
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Glimpses of Bhojpuri
Some Historical Places |
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Ghats of Varanasi |
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Ashok Stupa - Vaishali
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Bhojpuri Hastiyan |
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Bhojpuri Group & its
Composition
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You may join the BHOJPURI
Group at Yahoo. It is gradually becoming popular among Bhojpuri
speaking people of the world. People from all over the world (USA, UK,
Holland, Singapore, Malaysia, Norway, Australia, Trinidad & Tobago,
Surinam Fiji, Guyana , Nepal etc.) with their roots in Bihar, UP, Jharkhand and MP have joined
this group to spread awareness about this language which is spoken not
only in Northern India but also in all the continents of the world.
Join this pious movement of working professional and share the passion
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