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Better
late than never. Here comes the long awaited
Bhojpuri panorama; doing very well on the box
office and above all a news that makes every
Bihari proud of, a great achievement in the
world of entertainment. Satyajit Movies and Jeet
Creations deserves all praise for this maiden
endeavour. Still, miles to go… The work of
Bhikhari Thakur is unforgettable, Bhojpuri folk
songs like Chaitaa and Birha are on the verge of
extinction, regional festival songs are getting
replaced by unmusical noises even on the eve of
religious fetes or cultural occasions.
True, music as of now has been commercialized
but it shouldn’t be at the cost of social,
cultural and social values. Any film is a strong
medium of communication amicably accessible to a
large mass of the people. There is a class of
society which is looking for decent movie
watching, a class of society which is hungry of
good poetry/songs. Bhojpuri is a rich language.
Unfortunately, it is not being used in its real
literary taste:
Hansi hansi paanwan, khiole Gopichanwa (Bhikhri
Thakur)
Sonwan ke pinjara mein band bhaile hai Ram,
Chiraii ke jiyara udas…
Nain lar jayihein to manwan mein kasak hoibe
kari…..
These are evergreen and the finest form of
composition in Bhojpuri. Linguistically, this
language has paved ways to a great success for
Bollywood films like G .P. Sippy’s SHOLAY or
Dilip Kumar’s GANGA JAMUNA; those couldn’t had
been super hit had BHOJPURI not used extensively
in the film.
My hearty congratulations to the maker of
MAI-BAAP.
I wish I'm in Bihar at the earliest. I'm
impatiently curious to watch this movie only in
the theatre. The title of the movie will itself
be a medicine to my feelings, I hope. Because,
my MAI-BAAP are not any more with me.
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Madaniji, you have touched most
emotional chord of our life.
Bhojpuri is a language of
big-hearted people. In Mumbai, every
year we can find dozens of Biraha
competitions arranged. The most
favored competition is between Vijay
Lal Yadav (Dadhiwaale) of Ghazipur
and Anita Raj of Patna.
The folk songs during marriages,
shaamiyana, Naach... oh.. There is
no second match to it in this entire
universe.
My favorite songs are "Niman na
kaila Shyam Mathura mein jaayee ke"
by Bharat Sharma, "Du go roti
khaatir bachawan mein maar ho jaala",
"Kahe ke ta sabhe kehu aapan, aapan
kahawe waala ke ba", "Ganga kinaare
mora gaon", "Chaahe jiya da saiyan
chaahe mua da, tohare bharose baani
kiriya kheeya da".
The Bhojpuri ascent itself acts like
an antidote towards depression.
Whenever I call my family members
and relatives back in India and
speak in Bhojpuri, the moment
appears as if I am in my Hara Bhara
Gaon in Bihar. - Tarakeswar Dubey
- May 17, 2006
It is really nice to see the rise of
Bhojpuri movie again. Even I am a
fan of old classical Bhojpuri Movies
Like _ Ganga Kinare Mora Gaon,
Dharati Maiya, Dulha Ganga Paar Ke”
etc – I want to watch all the new
releases in Bhojpuri. Unfortunately
I am not getting these movies here
in local video shop. But one of my
friend from India sent me two recent
movies – It was very emotional
moment for me to watch both of them
at same day.
I was also searching hard for the
online Bhojpuri songs. Finally I got
one site – most of you must be aware
of this site but I am putting the
link here for the rest. I guess this
is a person site of someone named
Madhu – she is doing a great job.
http://madhu90210.tripod.com//id26.html
- Nawin Kumar, NJ, USA - May 17,
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