Bihar has a long history of cimema. Bhojpuri, Maithili, Angika and Magadhi film industry are present here.
Bhojpuri film history starts in early sixties with the film Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo with Sujit Kumar and Padma Khanna in lead roles, which was directed by Kundan Kumar. Throughout the following decades, films were produced only in fits and starts. Films such as Bidesiya 1963, directed by S. N. Tripathi and Ganga 1965, directed by Kundan Kumar were profitable and popular, but in general Bhojpuri films were not commonly produced in the 1960s and 1970s.
In the 1980s, enough Bhojpuri films were produced to tentatively make up an industry. Films such as Mai 1989, directed by Rajkumar Sharma and Hamar Bhauji , 1983, directed by Kalpataru continued to have at least sporadic success at the box office. Nadiya Ke Paar is a 1982 Hindi-Bhojpuri blockbuster directed by Govind Moonis and starring Sachin, Sadhana Singh, Inder Thakur, Mitali, Savita Bajaj, Sheela David, Leela Mishra and Soni Rathod.The film ran houseful for years in a movie theatre in Allahabad. However, this trend faded out by the end of the decade, and by 1990, the nascent industry seemed to be completely finished.
The industry took off again in 2001 with the "Silver Jubilee" hit Saiyyan Hamar, which shot the hero of that film, Ravi Kissan, to superstardom.This success was quickly followed by several other remarkably successful films, including Panditji Batai Na Biyah Kab Hoi 2005, directed by Mohan Prasad and Sasura Bada Paisa Wala 2005. In a measure of the Bhojpuri film industry's rise, both of these did much better business in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar than mainstream Bollywood hits at the time, and both films, made on extremely tight budgets, earned back more than ten times their production costs.Sasura Bada Paisa Wala also introduced Manoj Tiwari, formerly a well-loved folk singer, to the wider audiences of Bhojpuri cinema. In 2008, he and Ravi Kissan are still 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 showand a trade magazine, Bhojpuri City,which chronicles the production and release of what are now over one hundred films per year. Many of the major stars of mainstream Bollywood cinema, including Amitabh Bachchan, have also recently worked in Bhojpuri films. Mithun Chakraborty's Bhojpuri debut Bhole Shankar, released in 2008, is considered as the biggest Bhojpuri hit of all time.Also in 2008, a 21-minute diploma film Bhojpuri film by Siddharth Sinha, Udedh Bun (Unravel) was selected for world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival,later it won the National Film Award for Best Short fiction Film.
Brief History
1960-1970
Bhojpuri Film '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
Akhiri Rasta,Aulaad,Baaghi,Chalbaaj, Chulbul Pandey,Deswa,Diljale,Dushmani,GUNDAIRAAJ,HAMAAR DEVDAS,Jung,Kartavya,Ladai, Piyva, Bada SatavelaPran Jaai Par Vachan Naa JaayeRampur Ke LaxmanSajan Chale Sasural,Santaan were the notable films in this era
Festivals
Patna Film Festival is an international film festival. Participant countries includes Iran, Canada, China, Japan, Sweden, Germany, Russia, USA and India .[4]"Patna Film Festival" started in 2006. It was jointly organised by of Union ministry of information and broadcasting, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), directorate of film festival, National Film Archive of India, Federation of Film Societies of India and the state government.
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.
Actors
Manoj Tiwari
Shaukat shaikh
Raj
Ravi Kishan
Dinesh Lal yadav
Actresses
Padma Khanna
Nagma
Prema Narayan
Kalpana
Jayshree T.
Rambha
Aruna Irani
Shweta Tiwari
Parul Yadav
Shreya Narayan
Singers
Kalpana
Manoj Tiwari "Mridul"
Pawan Singh
Poornima
Bhojpuri film history starts in early sixties with the film Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo with Sujit Kumar and Padma Khanna in lead roles, which was directed by Kundan Kumar. Throughout the following decades, films were produced only in fits and starts. Films such as Bidesiya 1963, directed by S. N. Tripathi and Ganga 1965, directed by Kundan Kumar were profitable and popular, but in general Bhojpuri films were not commonly produced in the 1960s and 1970s.
In the 1980s, enough Bhojpuri films were produced to tentatively make up an industry. Films such as Mai 1989, directed by Rajkumar Sharma and Hamar Bhauji , 1983, directed by Kalpataru continued to have at least sporadic success at the box office. Nadiya Ke Paar is a 1982 Hindi-Bhojpuri blockbuster directed by Govind Moonis and starring Sachin, Sadhana Singh, Inder Thakur, Mitali, Savita Bajaj, Sheela David, Leela Mishra and Soni Rathod.The film ran houseful for years in a movie theatre in Allahabad. However, this trend faded out by the end of the decade, and by 1990, the nascent industry seemed to be completely finished.
The industry took off again in 2001 with the "Silver Jubilee" hit Saiyyan Hamar, which shot the hero of that film, Ravi Kissan, to superstardom.This success was quickly followed by several other remarkably successful films, including Panditji Batai Na Biyah Kab Hoi 2005, directed by Mohan Prasad and Sasura Bada Paisa Wala 2005. In a measure of the Bhojpuri film industry's rise, both of these did much better business in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar than mainstream Bollywood hits at the time, and both films, made on extremely tight budgets, earned back more than ten times their production costs.Sasura Bada Paisa Wala also introduced Manoj Tiwari, formerly a well-loved folk singer, to the wider audiences of Bhojpuri cinema. In 2008, he and Ravi Kissan are still 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 showand a trade magazine, Bhojpuri City,which chronicles the production and release of what are now over one hundred films per year. Many of the major stars of mainstream Bollywood cinema, including Amitabh Bachchan, have also recently worked in Bhojpuri films. Mithun Chakraborty's Bhojpuri debut Bhole Shankar, released in 2008, is considered as the biggest Bhojpuri hit of all time.Also in 2008, a 21-minute diploma film Bhojpuri film by Siddharth Sinha, Udedh Bun (Unravel) was selected for world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival,later it won the National Film Award for Best Short fiction Film.
Brief History
1960-1970
Bhojpuri Film '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
Akhiri Rasta,Aulaad,Baaghi,Chalbaaj, Chulbul Pandey,Deswa,Diljale,Dushmani,GUNDAIRAAJ,HAMAAR DEVDAS,Jung,Kartavya,Ladai, Piyva, Bada SatavelaPran Jaai Par Vachan Naa JaayeRampur Ke LaxmanSajan Chale Sasural,Santaan were the notable films in this era
Festivals
Patna Film Festival is an international film festival. Participant countries includes Iran, Canada, China, Japan, Sweden, Germany, Russia, USA and India .[4]"Patna Film Festival" started in 2006. It was jointly organised by of Union ministry of information and broadcasting, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), directorate of film festival, National Film Archive of India, Federation of Film Societies of India and the state government.
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.
Actors
Manoj Tiwari
Shaukat shaikh
Raj
Ravi Kishan
Dinesh Lal yadav
Actresses
Padma Khanna
Nagma
Prema Narayan
Kalpana
Jayshree T.
Rambha
Aruna Irani
Shweta Tiwari
Parul Yadav
Shreya Narayan
Singers
Kalpana
Manoj Tiwari "Mridul"
Pawan Singh
Poornima
