New Delhi: Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who is known to be fluent in Tamil and English, stunned the Lok Sabha on Thursday when he addressed the House in Bhojpuri, receiving praise from Speaker Meira Kumar, who comes from Bihar, for his effort. Chidambaram was replying to a calling attention motion on the need to include Bhojpuri, the native tongue of Bihar, in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution to...
03:01 PM, May 17, 2012
Home Minister P Chidambaram surprised many in Parliament by switching to Bhojpuri. ...
02:27 PM, May 17, 2012
Patna: A top Bihar Police officer, who is a Tamilian by birth, has fulfilled his acting dream. He debuts as a boatman with Bhojpuri film "Devra Pe Manwa Dole" which is set for release on May 10. "I am happy to be an actor in a Bhojpuri movie. It was my dream to act in a movie and I have fulfilled it. I play a common fisherman in Bihar," said...
04:27 PM, May 03, 2012
Mumbai: After his father Amitabh Bachchan acted in three Bhojpuri films, son Abhishek is set to follow suit. The junior Bachchan is most likely to appear in the upcoming film of the megastar's make-up man Deepak Sawant. "One fine day, Abhishek had asked me as to why I am not casting him in my film. The offer to work in Bhojpuri cinema came from Abhishek himself. All I can say...
03:25 PM, May 03, 2012
Mumbai: Two years back, Goregaon locals had barged into the local Saroj Guesthouse to bash up women and pimps reportedly engaged in prostitution, and got the lodge closed. Last week, a similar incident took place in the suburb. Residents of Motilal Nagar gathered around the residence of a Bhojpuri actress suspected to be soliciting customers to her house, and beat her and a producer up. The police arrested two residents...
12:33 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: Lalu Prasad should be declared the 'National Personality' of the country, like peacock, the National Bird. This demand was made in the Lok Sabha on Thursday by cinestar and BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha, amid all-round laughter and thumping of desks. Sinha, who was speaking during Zero Hour on the need to include Bhojpuri language in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution, said the language was also spoken by...
03:24 PM, Dec 29, 2011
New Delhi: 'Kolaveri' has just won the YouTube Gold award, which is presented to viral videos from across the world. Here is a 'national intregration map' of the hit song, featuring various versions of the song sung by artists in different states of India. Following the footsteps of Bollywood actors Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt, Dhanush has lent his voice to this catchy number. Interestingly, he has...
06:34 PM, Dec 15, 2011
Mumbai: Veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha, who hosted the Bhojpuri version of popular game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' (KBC) has filed a complaint with Cine and TV Artists Association for not receiving his dues. Shatrughan hosted the Bhojpuri version of the show-'Ke Bane Crorepati' that was aired on Mahuua channel. "He (Shatrughan) has filed a complaint with us. As per our norms we have forwarded the complaint to the channel. We...
06:07 PM, Nov 29, 2011
Shakuntala Devi was once a dreaded dacoit in Bihar, but now she is the star of a Bhojpuri movie on Bandit Queen. ...
09:57 AM, Oct 03, 2011
Mamta Sharma, the voice behind the phenomenal Munni Badnaam Hui track from the 2010 blockbuster Dabangg, has proved she is Bollywood's kitschy new talent and is here for the long haul. Tinku Jiya from Yamla Pagla Deewana and Dil Ka Achaar from Bin Bulaye Baraati have become north Indian wedding anthems and their singer has carved a cozy niche for herself in the ever changing Indian music industry. She spoke...
12:11 PM, Aug 27, 2011
New Delhi: Rajesh Singh, from Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh, has won Rs.1 crore on the Bhojpuri version of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', hosted by actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha. The show is called 'Ke Bani Crorepati' and comes on Mahua TV. A graduate from Gorakhpur University, Rajesh, 34, works as finance manager in a company in Ahmedabad. Rajesh is the first person to win a huge prize money on a regional channel. Rajesh...
06:43 PM, Jul 27, 2011
Bhabhua: Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari today said he will construct a temple for the 'God of Cricket' Sachin Tendulkar and Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni at his native village Atarwalia in Bihar's Kaimur district. The avid cricket fan said he has identified the site for the construction of the temple, which will be build at a cost of Rs 3 crore. Asked, Tiwari said he was building a temple...
07:57 PM, Jul 08, 2011
Shatrughan Sinha is set to host the Bhojpuri edition of popular quiz show "Kaun Banega Crorepati" (KBC), and daughter Sonakshi Sinha will be one of those on the hot seat. He also plans to invite Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan to the show. "Yes, Sonakshi is going to be on the hot seat in front of me. Audiences will finally get to see us baap-beti together on screen," said Shatrughan Sinha....
04:54 PM, May 01, 2011
Patna: Here's adding music to otherwise drab election campaign. Thanks to the Bihar Assembly elections, the Bhojpuri music industry is on a boom these days. All recording studios are packed, and artists busy singing paeans of Lalu Prasad, Nitish Kumar and Ram Vilas Paswan. Anjali, anartist, says: "During elections, our work pressure increases. We leave home at 11 am and return at 8-9 pm.” Jazzy Bollywood and Bhojpuri numbers are...
10:27 AM, Oct 12, 2010
Ravi Kishan says had he not been warned by the couple, a poisonous snake could've bitten him ...
03:56 PM, Jun 14, 2010
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