Minister, during his address at the inauguration of Bhojpuri Film Festival here at Siri Fort Auditorium, stated that Bhojpuri as language is spoken in many countries in South Asia and the Bhojpuri films have viewership outside the country too.

Opening film of the festival was the first Bhojpuri feature film “Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo” directed by Kundan Kumar and produced by Bishwanath Prasad Shahabadi. There was a cultural show designed especially for the event by the Songs and Drama Division under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.

The festival will be a kaleidoscope of National Award winning films, films selected in Indian Panorama section of IFFI and other prominent and box office hits.

Festival includes a National Award winning film “Kab Hoi Gavana Hamaar” and screening of two films selected in Indian Panorama section of IFFI - Nitin Chandra’s Deswa, and Mangesh Joshi’s film “He”. Other prominent films to be screened during the festival are Ranjan Kumar Singh’s film “Bidesiya”, Dilip Bose’s film “Ganga Kinare Mora Gaon”, Abhishek Chaddha’s film “Ganga”, Ajay Sinha’s film “Sasura Bada Paisawala” and Premanshu Singh’s film “Laadla”.

Dilip Bose’s film “Kab Ayebu Anganwa Hamaar” will be the closing film of the festival. The entry to the screenings is free and on first come first serve basis.

The 3-days Bhojpuri Film Festival from 3rd to 5th Feb organized by Directorate of Film Festivals.