Mistaken Identity

Bhojpuri film industry is seeing a total U – turn in film industry in India. It’s become a buzz word among movie watchers in India and abroad. It is catering the need of 200m people across the globe. This year some 30 movies are being shot double than the last year’s figure. And, it wooing not only local actors and actresses in the industry but also actors and actresses like Amitabh Bachhan, Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Nagma, Juhi Chawla to name a few from Bollywood. Some of the movies, for example, in 2005, two Bhojpuri films Sasura Bada Paisawela (My Father-in-Law is Rich) and Daroga Babu I Love You (Dear Policeman, I Love You) were mega hits of 2005. Both did more business in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh than the A-list Bollywood releases, Bunty Aur Babli, a version of Bonnie and Clyde, and Mangal Pandey – The Rising, about the 1857 Indian mutiny.

Story doesn’t stop here. There is news that some foreign actoresses are also going to act in some of the Bhojpuri movies:

Tanya, a 27-year-old model from Ukraine, played the title role in the Bhojpuri film “Firangi Dulhaniya”. She has become the first foreign actress in the industry. The film was inspired by the real life story of a Patna man who went to in Russia and fell in love with a Russian girl and married her and brought her home.

Another foreign actress, 24-year-old Cambridge-educated British actress Jessica Bath, has signed two Bhojpuri films.

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Some update on bollywood Stars acting in Bhojpuri movies:

Shatrughan Sinha plays Raja Thakur in Bhojpuri film.
After his last Bhojpuri film ‘Bihari Babu’, actor Shatrughan Sinha is now busy doing another Bhojpuri film- ‘Raja Thakur’. He plays the lead character and a modern day Robin Hood of Bihar and UP in the film.
His last film ‘Bihari Babu’ was a hit and he is now making a comeback after 20 years in the Bhojpuri cinema, which may help the Bhojpuri film industry.

Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan is all set to make his debut in Bhojpuri films with his makeup man Deepak Sawant’s movie titled “Ganga”.
“Seventy percent of the film is complete. Only those parts are left which had to be shot with Amitji. It got delayed due to his illness. We will probably start the shooting from March 20 or 21.

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