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Bhojpuri Language:
Bhojpuri is spoken in the northern Indian region such as western part of states of Bihar, west-northern part ofJharkhand, and the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh and adjoining area of sounthern plain area of Nepal. Bhojpuri is also spoken in Guyana, Suriname, Fiji, Trinidad and Tobago and Mauritius and is often said to be the only Indian language to be spoken on all continents. Bhojpuri has evolved as a language from its dialect form and there is a strong demand from people to Government of India is for awarding it a statutory status as one of official Indian Language. Bhojpuri uses words from Sanskrit, Hindi and Urdu and other Northern Indian Dialects. Bhojpuri and several closely related languages, including Maithili and Magahi, are known as the Bihari languages, which are part of the Eastern Zone group of the Indo-Aryan languages, which includes Bengali and Oriya. There are several forms of Bhojpuri, including three or four in eastern Uttar Pradesh alone.For example, people in Gorakhpur speak different form as compared to people in Varanasi. However, it is easily understood among themselves.
Some Notable Bhojpuri Personalities are Ram Prasad Bismil, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, Dr Rajendra Prasad, Jaiprakash Narayan, Amitabh Bachchan, Manoj Bajpayee, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Faneeshwar Nath Renu, Acharya Ram Chandra Shukla, Babu Jagjiwan Ram and the list goes on ..

Bhojpuri Kavita: People in Chauri Chaura and Gorakhpur speak Bhojpuri.This region has given many great writers, poets, sports men and women, leaders and artists to the country. Noted Hindi writers Acharya Ram Chandra Shukla (from Bheri village on banks of Rapti), Dr. Vidya Niwas Mishra, Dr. Ram Darash Mishra and Bhojpuri Poets Moti BA and Ram Nawal Mishra are from this region.
Chaurichaura dot com team visited native village (Dumari) of Shri Ram Nawal Mishra, a known Bhojpuri Kavi and recorded some of his bhojpuri geets for viewers of Chaurichaura dot com. At age of 84 years, Mishra ji is still very active despite of his ill health and attends Kavi Sammelans. Every year on January 2nd, he organises a Kavi Sammelan in his village Dumari to celebrate his birthday.

Here are 2 selected Bhojpuri Kavya Paath by Ram Nawal Mishra:

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Bhojpuri Film Award :
The First Bhojpuri Film Awards turned out to be a Mega Event. The Show started when Sri Dilip Kumar Saheb along with Smt. Saira banu jee, in presence of Govinda and other guests. Rinku Ghosh started the show with saraswati vandana, showing a marvolous dance with Master Kedar and Master Ravi Shankar. Then came a small kid, Dhananjay Pathak, with a nice Bhojpuri Song (Dabe pao aiha...). The Show also had remarkable performances by Prem Prakash, Soma banerjee(Gori aankhiya tohari...), Dipali(chhuk chandawa se..), Hemlata jee (kauno disha me leke...), Luvy (Maar deb goli...), Mohini (Dilli ki shardi), Sadhana Singh, Sapna Awasthi (pardeshiya, chali re chali...), Chandani Chopra (hansi ke tu dekha jo ek beria...), Ravi Kishan & Nagma (Tohar lahanga uthaib remote se...) and several others.
The Final Award Results are:
Best Film: Ganga Mile Sagar Se
Best Director: Ranjan Kumar Singh (Firangi Dulhiniya)
Best Actor: Ravi Kishan (Panditji bataai na biyah kab hoyee)
Best Actress: Nagma (Panditji bataai na biyah kab hoyee)
Best Negative Male: Tinu Verma (Dharti Putra)
Best Negative Female: Upasana Singh (bandhan Tute na)
Best Supporting Male: Kunal Singh (Panditji bataai na biyah kab hoyee)
Best Supporting Female: Rinku (Ghar duar)
Best Comic Role: AShok Shroff (Mayee ke Bitwa)
Best Music Director: Nikhil-Vinay (Kab hoyee Gawanawa hamaar)
Best Singer Male: Manoj Tiwari (Bandhan Tute Na)
Best Singer Female: Deepa Narayan (Ganga Mile Sagar Se)
Best Story: Ranjan Kumar Singh(Firangi Dulhiniya)
Best Screenplay: Keshav Rathod (Kab Hoi Gawanawa Hamaar)
Best Dialogue: Vinay Bihari (Bandhan Tute Na)
Best Lyricist: Vinay Bihari (Panditji bataai na biyah kab hoyee)
Best Editor: Asif Khan (Mayee re kar de Bidai Hamaar)
Best Fightmaster: Tinu Verma (Dharati Putra)
Best Choreographer: Ram Diwan (Mayee re kar de Bidai Hamaar)
Best Cinematographer: B. Shauqat (Mayee re kar de Bidai Hamaar)
Best Art Director: Anjani Tiwari (Ganga Mile Sagar Se)
Best Publicity Designer: Narsu (Kab Hoi Gawanawa Hamaar)
Chaurichaura.com Congratulates all the winners.
(reporting from award venue by Sudhanshu Tripathi, Editor, www.chaurichaura.com supported by Bhojpuria.com, the official media partners of the event)

Jury Award Winner Rani Chatterji, Best Singer Manoj Tiwari with Sudhanshu Tripathi, Editor, Chaurichaura.com