Bhojpuri folk's songs flooding the market - Page 2

Originally posted by: amogh8188

To say the truth i dont like Bhojpuri music, no special reason.

I respect that for your honesty.

Bhojpuri: A language characterised by melody and frankness
October 17, 2005, 3:08 pm

Posted by Shashi Singh in General
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BHOJPURI is one of the popular languages of India, spoken mainly in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, western part of Bihar, Jharkhand, Nepal, Mauritius (national language), Guyana, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago, Fiji, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa. In fact, the Bhojpuri language is spoken on all the six continents. The total number of speakers of Bhojpuri all over the world is approximately 125 million. There is a lot of variation because of the interaction with the neighbouring areas. The Bhojpuri of eastern UP areas (Balia, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Deoria, etc.) and western Bihar (Ara, Chapra, Motihari, etc.) may be assumed to be the standard form of the language.

The Bhojpuri of Allahabad and the surrounding areas is mixed with Awadhi; similarly, the Bhojpuri of Vaishali is influenced by Maithili and Bajjika. The Bhojpuri in Mauritius is flavoured with French. Local influence may have affected the language in Fiji, Surinam and Trinidad. But these variations, however, are no impediment.

Bhojpuri is characterised by its melody and its people by their frankness and straight-forwardness. Poets and philosophers such as Amir Khusru, Tulsidas and Kabirdas used Bhojpuri to pass their messages to the world.

Many great personalities were born in the Bhojpuri region. Sher Shah Suri, Mangal Pandey, Veer Kaur Singh, Maulana Mazharul Haque, Dr Rajendra Prasad (first president of India), Shaheed Abdul Hameed, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jagjivan Ram, Chandra Shekhar and Vishwanath Pratap Singh are among them.

The Bhojpuri language and its personalities have contributed much to Indian art and literature. Premchand, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Kaifi Azmi, Moti B.A., Shabana Azmi, Amitabh Bachchan, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Bismillah Khan, Anand Milind, Chitragupt, Rakesh Pande, Manoj Bajpai are a few among them. Also, the land of Bhopuri has given Thumri dance to the Indian people.

The contribution of Bhojpuri in Hindi films has been great. Lagaan, based on Bhojpuri dialect, had been nominated for Oscar. Other hits include Ganga Jamuna, Mangal Pandey, Milan and Teesri Kasam.

Many Bhojpuris have achieved great honour outside India. They include Nobel prize winner for literature V.S. Naipaul (Trinidad), Bhagat Jagdev (former president of Ghana), Dr N. C. Ramghulam (former president of Mauritius), Pratap Narayan Radhakishun (former prime minister of Surinam) and Vasudev Pandey (former prime minister of Trinidad).

Bhojpuris started settling down in different parts of the world as early as the late 18th century as farm labourers in Oceania, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean Islands.

These people took in their blood the great Indian Bhojpuri culture, the spirituality, the love for humanity and compassion, the religious tolerance and a longing for better and prosperous life.

Courtesy: Times of Oman

Originally posted by: juggyE

Teesri Kasam?

JuggyE ji Teeri Kasam kuch bolo?

Nice article, Qwest ji
Thanks for your contribution on the thread as well, Punjini ji...

👏

Originally posted by: juggyE

Nice article, Qwest ji
Thanks for your contribution on the thread as well, Punjini ji...

👏

just having little fun with you.

Anyone remembers Sujit Kumar, Kaka's "pilot friend" from Aradhana (was more popular as a villian in Bollywood movies)?

He was a SUPERSTAR in Bhojpuri movies...

Originally posted by: punjini

Bhojpuri: A language characterized by melody and frankness
October 17, 2005, 3:08 pm

Posted by Shashi Singh in General
Rating: 0/5 Votes : 0
BHOJPURI is one of the popular languages of India, spoken mainly in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, western part of Bihar, Jharkhand, Nepal, Mauritius (national language), Guyana, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago, Fiji, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa. In fact, the Bhojpuri language is spoken on all the six continents. The total number of speakers of Bhojpuri all over the world is approximately 125 million. There is a lot of variation because of the interaction with the neighbouring areas. The Bhojpuri of eastern UP areas (Balia, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Azamgarh, Deoria, etc.) and western Bihar (Ara, Chapra, Motihari, etc.) may be assumed to be the standard form of the language.

The Bhojpuri of Allahabad and the surrounding areas is mixed with Awadhi; similarly, the Bhojpuri of Vaishali is influenced by Maithili and Bajjika. The Bhojpuri in Mauritius is flavoured with French. Local influence may have affected the language in Fiji, Surinam and Trinidad. But these variations, however, are no impediment.

Bhojpuri is characterised by its melody and its people by their frankness and straight-forwardness. Poets and philosophers such as Amir Khusru, Tulsidas and Kabirdas used Bhojpuri to pass their messages to the world.

Many great personalities were born in the Bhojpuri region. Sher Shah Suri, Mangal Pandey, Veer Kaur Singh, Maulana Mazharul Haque, Dr Rajendra Prasad (first president of India), Shaheed Abdul Hameed, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jagjivan Ram, Chandra Shekhar and Vishwanath Pratap Singh are among them.

The Bhojpuri language and its personalities have contributed much to Indian art and literature. Premchand, Firaq Gorakhpuri, Kaifi Azmi, Moti B.A., Shabana Azmi, Amitabh Bachchan, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Bismillah Khan, Anand Milind, Chitragupt, Rakesh Pande, Manoj Bajpai are a few among them. Also, the land of Bhopuri has given Thumri dance to the Indian people.

The contribution of Bhojpuri in Hindi films has been great. Lagaan, based on Bhojpuri dialect, had been nominated for Oscar. Other hits include Ganga Jamuna, Mangal Pandey, Milan and Teesri Kasam.

Many Bhojpuris have achieved great honour outside India. They include Nobel prize winner for literature V.S. Naipaul (Trinidad), Bhagat Jagdev (former president of Ghana), Dr N. C. Ramghulam (former president of Mauritius), Pratap Narayan Radhakishun (former prime minister of Surinam) and Vasudev Pandey (former prime minister of Trinidad).

Bhojpuris started settling down in different parts of the world as early as the late 18th century as farm labourers in Oceania, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean Islands.

These people took in their blood the great Indian Bhojpuri culture, the spirituality, the love for humanity and compassion, the religious tolerance and a longing for better and prosperous life.

Courtesy: Times of Oman

punjini ji,

Very interesting never realized how much These people took in their blood the great Indian Bhojpuri culture, the spirituality, the love for humanity and compassion, the religious tolerance and a longing for better and prosperous life.

Thanks a million for your effort.

Am myself trying to digest the info in the article I found. 😊 I didn't know it was one of the national languages of Mauritius!

Bachaan Saab is also acting on a Bhojpuri cinema. Shooting is going on for this movie in Mumbai.

A song from the (not so old) movie Swayamvar (Hari bhai and Shashi Kapoor)

Ik mahal ma cham cham karti rehti dwi shehzaadi...

Would that count as a bhojpuri song just because the dialect was kind rustic/village...