Bhojpuri cinema

Bhojpuri cinema
Main distributorsBB Jaiswal Production
DRJ Films
IJK Films
Nirahua Entertainment
Prakriti Films
Rahul Khan Production
SRK Music Films
Yashi Films
RN Digital Records
Zabawa Entertainment
Vpranjal Film Production
Produced feature films (2022)[1]
Total186 (Theatrical)

Bhojpuri cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Bhojpuri language widely spoken in the state of Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar with major production centres in Lucknow and Patna.[2][3] The first Bhojpuri talkie film, Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo, was released in 1963 by Bishwanath Prasad Shahabadi The 1980s saw the release of many notable as well as run-of-the-mill Bhojpuri films like Bitia Bhail Sayan, Chandwa ke take Chakor, Hamar Bhauji, Ganga Kinare Mora Gaon and Sampoorna Tirth Yatra.

Bhojpuri cinema has grown in recent years. The Bhojpuri film industry is now a 2000 crore industry.[4] 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.[5]

  1. ^ "List of featurefilms Certified in 2022" (PDF).
  2. ^ Filming Hubs. Film Facilitation Office.
  3. ^ "Bhojiwood Losing Its Lustre". Archived from the original on 17 November 2017.
  4. ^ Roy, Tasmayee Laha. "Bhojpuri film industry now a Rs 2000 crore industry". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Regional pride". Business standard. 24 June 2010. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

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