Bhole Shankar is a Bhojpuri film, released in 2008. Bhole Shankar, labelled as the "Biggest Bhojpuri Film", is a family drama with music by music director Dhananjay Mishra and lyricist Bipin Bahar. The film starred Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari

Manoj Tiwari (actor)

Manoj Tiwari Mridul is a bhojpuri mega star, most popular bhojpuri singer,Television presenter and Director, hailing from Bihar,India who acts in Bhojpuri films.-Early life:...

 and Hindi actor Mithun Chakraborty

Mithun Chakraborty

Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian film actor, social activist, and entrepreneur, who has won three National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the arthouse drama Mrigaya , for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor....

. Produced by Gulshan Bhatia and directed by Pankaj Shukla, the film took the biggest opening for a Bhojpuri film and is considered as the biggest Bhojpuri hit.

Synopsis

Bhole Shankar revolves around the unemployment issue where Mithun Chakraborty

Mithun Chakraborty

Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian film actor, social activist, and entrepreneur, who has won three National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the arthouse drama Mrigaya , for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor....

 plays the role of Shankar, an underworld Don and the elder brother of Bhole, played by Manoj Tiwari. Bhole Shankar is the first Bhojpuri film of Mithun Chakraborty

Mithun Chakraborty

Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian film actor, social activist, and entrepreneur, who has won three National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the arthouse drama Mrigaya , for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor....

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Cast

• Mithun Chakraborty as Shankar
• Manoj Tiwari as Bhole
• Anatara "Mona Lisa" Biswas
• Lovy Rohtagi
• Gopal Singh
• Shabnam Kapoo
• Rajesh Vivek R

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• Raghvendra MudgalR
• Nishtha
• Ujjwal

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by Dhananjay Mishra and the lyrics were written by Bipin Bahaar. Playback singer Shailender Singh

Shailender Singh

Shailendra Singh is an Indian playback singer. He sang several Hindi songs during the late seventies and the early eighties.-Early life:...

 came out of retirement to perform the song "Jai Ho Chhath Maiya" for the film.

1. "Re Bauraee Chanchal Kirniya" - Raja Hasan
   Raja Hasan
   Raja Hasan Sagar is an Indian playback singer. He was a finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 who achieved 1st runner up in the competition attaining 3,52,40,963 votes in the final, losing to Aneek Dhar.-Early years:...
   
   
2. "Dil Ke Haal Bataeen Kaise" - Mauli Dave
   Mauli Dave
   Mauli Dave was a finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 and was also recently crowned Miss Teen India Texas 2007.Dave is also a professional dancer who was a finalist in Sony Entertainment Television's "Boogie Woogie Chalo America" in 2003....
   
   
3. "Tori Marji" -Poonam Yadav
   Poonam Yadav
   Suraj Yadav was a finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 who hails from Machli Mohalla near Sadar Bazar in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Yadav was eliminated on 28 September and attained 4th place in the competition with public votes.-Early years:Poonam comes from an underprivileged family of...
   
   , Manoj Tiwari
4. "Piya More Gaile Rama" - Indu Sonali
5. "Naak Ke Nathiya" - Manoj Tiwari
6. "Kehu Sapna Mein" - Kalpana, Udit Narayan
   Udit Narayan
   -Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B...
   
   
7. "Jai Ho Chhath Maiya" - Shailendra Singh
   Shailender Singh
   Shailendra Singh is an Indian playback singer. He sang several Hindi songs during the late seventies and the early eighties.-Early life:...
   
   , Malini Awasthi
8. "Jab Jab Aave Yaad" - Indu Sonali, Ujjaini, Manoj Tiwari
9. "Ae Bhai Ji" - Manoj Tiwari

Box office

Although, the film was initially banned in Bihar, it earned Rs. 30 lakh in its opening weekend, a record for a Bhojpuri film and the most any opener has ever earned in the state. The film went on to complete 100 days run at various cinema. The film got very good response even from Non-Bhojpuri speaking audience and film was running well after one year in many parts of Northern India.