Bhojpuri films
Bhojpuri films using the Bhojpuri dialect originally targeted the audience primarily in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in North India. Bhojpuri or Awadi is rich in its literature heritage. Bhojpuri language has also made its presence felt in main stream Bollywood movies with the language being used in Sholay, Lagaan, Welcome to Sajjanpur to name a few. However today it has an audience world wide. Bhojpuri movies like ‘Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo’, ‘Bidesiya’, ‘Ganga’, ‘Saiyyan Hamar’, ‘Panditji Batai Na Biyah Kab Hoi’, ‘Sasura Bada Paisa Wala’, ‘Amar Suhagin’, ‘Roos Gailen Saiyen Hamaar’, ‘Nadiya Ke Paar’, ‘Bhatia Doon’, ‘Gaga Ke Tar’, ‘Gaga Kin are More Gain’ are all time favourites with the people. Apart from the popular bhojpuri actors like Manoj Tiwari, Ravi Kishan, Nagma, Kumkum; bollywood stars viz Amitab Bacchan, Mithun Chakravorty, Juhi Chavla, Jackie Shroff have also forayed in to Bhojpuri films.
Bhojpuri film songs like ‘Mili Juli Gaave’, ‘Nariharva’, ‘He Rama Gori Gori’, ‘Jala Pardes Piya’, ‘Munni Aiso Sawan Mein’, ‘Kaune Phule Aasan’, ‘ Aaj Chamkat Ba’, ‘Badlal Desava ke Byavhaar’, ‘Sainya Tohre Karan’, ‘Man Hamara Na Laage’, ‘Kaahe Beti Boojhe Log Balaay’, ‘Nakachhediya Ke Chhownda’, ‘ Piya Ke Sejariya Hay’, ‘ Aila More Raja’, ‘Pyaar Mein Ghayal’, ‘Manwa Bahke Re’ are very popular among the masses.
Bhojpuri songs are easily available on the internet. The Bhojpuri film songs are widely sought after and hence a large number of websites are dedicated solely for the purpose of downloading Bhojpuri film songs. The Bhojpuri songs can be downloaded either free of charge or at a small fee from the online websites. The Bhojpuri film songs are usually available in the mp3 formats along with the song lyrics. Furthermore, most of the website for Bhojpuri film music usually provides the users with the song videos and other additional information regarding the Bhojpuri style of music composition.