''Bhole Shankar'' is a 2008 Indian

Bhojpuri language Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
, Oxford U ...

masala film directed by Pankaj Shukla and produced by Gulshan Bhatia, starring

Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language films. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three ...

and Manoj Tiwari. The film broke the standing record for biggest opening for a Bhojpuri film.

Synopsis

''Bhole Shankar'' revolves around the unemployment issue where

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

Cast

as Shankar * Manoj Tiwari as Bhole *

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*Lovy Rohtagi *Gopal Singh *Shabnam Kapoor *Rajesh Vivek *Shivendu Shukla *Nishtha *Ujjwal

Soundtrack

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

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came out of retirement to perform the song "''Jai Ho Chhath Maiya''" for the film. #"''Re Bauraee Chanchal Kirniya''" –

Raja Hasan Raja Hasan is an Indian playback singer who was born in December 1982 in the city of Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. He was a finalist on ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007'', in which he finished as runner-up to Aneek Dhar. Recently he was a judge i ...

#"''Dil Ke Haal Bataeen Kaise''" –

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#"''Tori Marji''" -

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, Manoj Tiwari #"''Piya More Gaile Rama''" –

Indu Sonali Indu Sonali (born 27 September 1980) is an Indian film playback singer known for singing in item songs of Bhojpuri. She has sung for 300 Bhojpuri films and 50 music video albums and is considered as one of the top playback singers of the Bhoj ...

#"''Naak Ke Nathiya''" – Manoj Tiwari #"''Kehu Sapna Mein''" – Kalpana,

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#"''Jai Ho Chhath Maiya''" – Shailendra Singh, Malini Awasthi #"''Jab Jab Aave Yaad''" – Indu Sonali,

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, Manoj Tiwari #"''Ae Bhai Ji''" – Manoj Tiwari

Box office

The film was initially banned in Bihar.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhole Shankar (Film) 2008 films Films shot in Lucknow 2000s Bhojpuri-language films Films scored by Dhananjay Mishra