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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

, films are produced in various regional and tribal languages including

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, Nagpuri, Khortha and Santali. Film industry in state of

is also known as Jhollywood. Since 2015, Government of Jharkhand is encouraging film shooting in State to highlight the natural beauty, religious place, culture of the state as well as to produce jobs by giving subsidy to film makers. New government of Congress-JMM alliance ended subsidy for regional cinema after coming to power in 2020. In recent years several Hindi films have been shot in the state including M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story,

A Death in the Gunj ''A Death In The Gunj'' is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Konkona Sen Sharma. The film features an ensemble cast of Vikrant Massey, Tillotama Shome, Om Puri, Tanuja, Gulshan Devaiah, Kalki Koechlin, Jim Sarbh an ...

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Ranchi Diaries ''Ranchi Diaries'' (2017) is a Hindi film directed by the Sattwik Mohanty. The film has been produced by Anupam Kher and Rashmin Majithia. The cast includes Himansh Kohli, Taaha Shah, Soundarya Sharma, Jimmy Shergill, Satish Kaushik, Anupam ...

Begum Jaan ''Begum Jaan'' is a 2017 Indian Hindi period drama film. It is written and directed by National Film Award-winning director Srijit Mukherji and produced by Mukesh Bhatt, Vishesh Bhatt and Play Entertainment. The film is co-produced by Sakshi Bh ...

Panchlait Panchlait () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language social comedy film based on Phanishwar Nath 'Renu''s short story 'Panchlight'. This movie directed by Prem Prakash Modi features Amitosh Nagpal, Anuradha Mukherjee, Yashpal Sharma, Rajesh Sharma, Ra ...

and Ilaka Kishoreganj. Several nagpuri film produced in recent year including Tor Bina, Mahuaa, Tor Chahat Mein , Mor Gaon Mor Desh and Phulmania. The upcoming hindi film

Lohardaga Lohardaga is a town and the district headquarters of Lohardaga district in the Indian state of Jharkhand, west of Ranchi, the state capital. Earlier (early 1900s) Lohardaga was the commissionary headquarters for Chotanagpur. It was only lat ...

will show issue of Naxalism and surrender policy in the State. The state also showcased in web and T.V series, e.g -

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Jamtara - Sabka Number Ayega Jamtara is a city and a notified area in the Jamtara Sadar subdivision of the Jamtara district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is the headquarters of the epynomous district, subdivision and community development block. It is also nickname ...

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Ekta Kapoor Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television producer, film producer and director who works in Hindi cinema and soap opera. She is the joint managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms Limited, which was founded in 1994. ...

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Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (, ) or Tatanagar is the largest and most populous city in Jharkhand and the first planned industrial city in India. It is a Notified Area Council and Municipal Corporation and also the headquarter of the East Singhbhum district. It ...

History

The first feature film of Jharkhand was ''Aakarant'' made under the banner of drishyantar international, 1988. The first Nagpuri film was ''Sona Kar Nagpur'' (1992) produced and directed by Dhananjay Nath Tiwari.

Hindi films shot in Jharkhand

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Chasnala mining disaster The Chasnala mining disaster was a disaster that happened on 27 December 1975 in a coal mine in Chasnala near Dhanbad in the Indian state of Jharkhand. An explosion in the mine followed by :en:Flooded mines, flooding killed 375 miners. Accident ...

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Satyakam ''Satyakam'' is a 1969 Indian drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, based on a Bengali novel of the same name by Narayan Sanyal. The film stars Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Sanjeev Kumar, and Ashok Kumar. The film was scored by Laxmikant ...

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Ghatsila Ghatshila is a census town in the Ghatshila CD block in the Ghatshila subdivision of the East Singhbhum district, in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History Legend says that the royal family of the Kingdom of Dhalbhum had originated from t ...

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Prakash Jha Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as “Hip Hip Hurray” (1984), ''Damul'' (1984), ''Mrityudand'' (1997), ''Gangaaja ...

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A Death In The Gunj ''A Death In The Gunj'' is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Konkona Sen Sharma. The film features an ensemble cast of Vikrant Massey, Tillotama Shome, Om Puri, Tanuja, Gulshan Devaiah, Kalki Koechlin, Jim Sarbh an ...

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Konkana Sen Sharma Konkona Sen Sharma (born 3 December 1979) is an Indian actress and filmmaker who works primarily in Hindi and Bengali films. She has received two National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards. The daughter of filmmakeractress Aparna Sen, Sen ...

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McCluskieganj McCluskieganj is a small hilly town in Jharkhand State, India, about northwest of the capital, Ranchi. The town used to have a significant Anglo-Indian community. It is now a tourist place for its British era old mansions, hills and streams. H ...

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Gangs of Wasseypur ''Gangs of Wasseypur'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language two-part crime film produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap, and written by Kashyap and Zeishan Quadri. Centered on the coal mafia (Mafia Raj) of Dhanbad, and the underlying power struggle ...

, part 1 & 2, based on coal mafia feuds of Dhanbad * M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, biopic of M.S. Dhoni, shot at Ranchi and Jamshedpur *

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Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' Phanishwar Nath Mandal 'Renu' (4 March 1921 – 11 April 1977) was one of the most successful and influential writers of modern Hindi literature in the post-Premchand era. He is the author of ''Maila Anchal'', which after Premchand's ''Godaan'' ...

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Himansh Kohli Himansh Kohli (born 3 November 1989) is an Indian actor from Delhi. He is best known for his role as Raghav Oberoi in the Hindi drama '' Humse Hai Liife''. He made his Bollywood debut with '' Yaariyaan'' (2014). Biography Kohli was born to fa ...

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Koyelaanchal ''Koyelaanchal'' is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language film produced and directed by Ashu Trikha, starring Vinod Khanna, Suniel Shetty, Vipinno and Roopali Krishnarao. A story that losts its track at every step.. Plot ''Koyelaanchal'' unveils itself ...

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Suniel Shetty Suniel Shetty (born Sunil V. Shetty; 11 August 1961) is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Hindi films he has also worked in tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and kannada films. In a ca ...

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Vinod Khanna Vinod Khanna (6 October 1946 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who is best known for his work in Hindi films; while also being a notable spiritual seeker. In Bollywood, he was the recipient of two Filmfare awa ...

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Vineet Kumar Vineet Kumar is an Indian actor. The veteran actor from National School of Drama, is known for his works in Hindi, Telugu, and English language films and Television. He is best known for his works in films such as ''Masaan'','' Drohkaal'', '' ...

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Adil Hussain Adil Hussain () is an Indian actor who has worked in Indian cinema, including art house cinema and mainstream Bollywood, as well as international cinema, in films such as ''The Reluctant Fundamentalist'' and ''Life of Pi'' (both 2012). He rece ...

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Sab Kushal Mangal ''Sab Kushal Mangal'' is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Karan Vishwanath Kashyap starring Akshaye Khanna, two newcomers Priyank Sharma and Riva Kishan. It was theatrically released in India on 3 January 2020. Cast ...

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Akshaye Khanna Akshaye Khanna (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is the son of actor Vinod Khanna. He has won numerous awards in his career including two Filmfare Awards, three Screen Awards and two IIFA Awards in varied ac ...

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Esha Gupta Esha Gupta (; born 28 November 1985) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss India International title of 2007. She has established a career in Bollywood films. Gupta entered the Femina Miss India contest in 2007, where she plac ...

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Omkar Das Manikpuri Omkar Das Manikpuri (born 5 August 1970) is an Indian stage and film actor. He is a native of Brindanagarm (Chhattisgarh) and has been a member of folk-theatre doyen Habib Tanvir's, Naya Theatre company for several years. Manikpuri made his Hin ...

Shishir Sharma Shishir Sharma (born 10 January 1955) is an Indian film and television actor. He appeared in Zee TV's ''Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann'', and is known for playing the role of Jagmohan Prasad in ''Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli''. Currently, he can be s ...

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Dil Bechara ''Dil Bechara'' () is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age romance film directed by Mukesh Chhabra in his directorial debut, and produced by Fox Star Studios, with a script written by Shashank Khaitan and Suprotim Sengputa. Based on John G ...

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Sushant Singh Rajput Sushant Singh Rajput (21 January 1986 – 14 June 2020) was an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood, Hindi cinema. He starred in a number of commercially successful Hindi films such as ''M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story'' (2016), ''Kedarn ...

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Arjun Rampal Arjun Rampal (born 26 November 1972) is an Indian actor, model, film producer and television personality who works in Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Rajiv Rai's romance film ''Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat'' (2001) and has since gone on to ...

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John Abraham John Abraham (born 17 December 1972) is an Indian actor, film producer, writer and former model working in Hindi films. He has won a National Film Award and received five Filmfare nominations. After modelling for advertisements and companies ...

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Anurag Kashyap Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France a ...

Rituparna Sengupta Rituparna Sengupta is an Indian actress and producer who is known for her work in Bengali cinema and Hindi cinema. One of the most successful actresses of Bengali cinema, she rode the crest of her box office success in the late 1990s. She won ...

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Birsa Munda Birsa Munda (15 November 1875 – 9 June 1900) was an Indian tribal freedom fighter, and folk hero who belonged to the Munda tribe. He spearheaded a tribal religious millenarian movement that arose in the Bengal Presidency (now Jharkhand) in ...

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Bengali films shot in Jharkhand

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Ritwik Ghatak Ritwik Kumar Ghatak (; 4 November 19256 February 1976) was a noted Indian film director, screenwriter, and playwright. Along with prominent contemporary Bengali filmmakers Satyajit Ray, Tapan Sinha and Mrinal Sen, his cinema is primarily remembe ...

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Ajantrik ''Ajantrik'' (known internationally as ''The Unmechanical'', ''The Mechanical Man'' or ''The Pathetic Fallacy'') is a 1958 Indian Bengali film written and directed by revered parallel filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak. The film is adapted from a Bengal ...

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Aranyer Din Ratri ''Aranyer Din Ratri'' (; English: Days and Nights in the Forest) is an Indian Bengali adventure drama film released in 1970, written and directed by Satyajit Ray. It is based upon the Bengali novel of the same name by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It em ...

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Priyanshu Chatterjee Priyanshu Chatterjee (born 20 February 1973) is an Indian actor and former model known for his works in Bollywood, and Bengali cinema. He made his Hindi film debut in the box-office big success ''Tum Bin'' in 2001. His other recognized work inc ...

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Aparajita Adhya Aparajita Auddy is an Indian actress who works primarily in Bengali film and television industry. Filmography Television References External links * * https://celebhub.in/bengali-news/in-bengali-serial-lokhi-kakima-superstars-lead- ...

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Uttam Kumar Uttam Kumar ( bn, উত্তম কুমার; born Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay; 3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980), popularly known as the Mahanayak, was an Indian actor, producer, director, Screenwriter, script writer, composer, and sing ...

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Suchitra Sen Suchitra Sen ( ; born as Roma Dasgupta (; 6 April 1931 – 17 January 2014) was an Indian actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali cinema ...

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Topchanchi Topchanchi is a census town in Topchanchi CD block in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Topchanchi is located at . It has an average elevation of 304 metres (997 fee ...

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Chhuti ''Chhuti'' ( English: ''A Vacation'') is a 1967 Bengali film, based on a novel by Bimal Kar. It marked the directorial debut of Arundhati Devi, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music for the film. At the 14th National Film Awards, ...

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Arundhati Devi Arundhati Devi (; also known as Arundhati Mukherjee or Mukhopadhyay) (1924 – 1990) was an Indian actress, director, writer and singer who is predominantly known for her work in Bengali cinema. Arundhati Devi was a student of Visva-Bharati Un ...

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Bimal Kar Bimal Kar (19 September 1921 — 26 August 2003) was an Indian writer and novelist who wrote in Bengali. He received the 1975 Sahitya Akademi Award presented by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, for his novel ''Asamay''. ...

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Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...

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Prabhu Mundkur Prabhu Mundkur is an Indian film actor who hails from Manipal. He started his career with Kannada television soap ''Kulavadhu'' in 2016. His movie debut happened in 2017 through ''Urvi'', a critically acclaimed movie in the Kannada film indus ...

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Tota Roy Chowdhury Tota Roy Chowdhury is an Indian actor and martial artist based in Kolkata. He predominantly appears in Bengali and Hindi cinema. His notable roles include Feluda in the web TV series Feluda Pherot based on Satyajit Ray's Feluda Feluda, or P ...

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Dev Kharoud Davinder Singh Kharoud better known as Dev Kharoud is an Indian actor who works in Punjabi cinema. Career Kharoud started his career as a theatre artist and played various roles on stage under the direction of theatre legends like Balraj Pand ...

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Jagjeet Sandhu Jagjeet Sandhu is an Indian film actor and theatre artist who works in Punjabi cinema. He started his career with biography film ''Rupinder Gandhi'' in 2015. Sandhu is best known for his role of "Bhola" in ''Rupinder Gandhi'' film series and "R ...

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Notable people of Jharkhand cinema

Directors and producers

* Imtiaz Ali, well known Hindi film director *

Amit Bose Amit Bose (26 February 1930 - 13 December 2019) was an Indian filmmaker, film director and editor, who directed all-time classics like ''Abhilasha (1968 film), Abhilasha'' (1968) and, as an Editor, worked on movies like ''Madhumati'' (1958), '' ...

, Indian film director & editor * Sriram Dalton, Indian film producer & director *

Pankaj Dubey Pankaj Dubey (born 28 July 1978) is an Indian author, screenwriter, director, producer and social entrepreneur based in Mumbai. He has a Bachelor of Laws degree from Delhi University and a Masters in Applied Communications from Coventry Schoo ...

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Raj Kumar Gupta Raj Kumar Gupta is an Indian film writer and director, known for his work in Hindi cinema. He made his directorial debut with the critically acclaimed '' Aamir'' (2008). He then went on to write and direct ''No One Killed Jessica'' (2011), based ...

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Akashaditya Lama Akashaditya lama (born 9 March 1977) is a television screenwriter and filmmaker Career His first stint with film writing was with the film Lahore, directed by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan. Lama has co-written Chauhan's next directorial venture ...

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Aseem Mishra Aseem Mishra is Indian cinematographer who has worked in Bollywood films. A few of his films are ''New York'' (2009), ''Ek Tha Tiger'' (2012), ''Dabangg 2''(2012), ''Bajrangi Bhaijaan'' (2015), ''Phantom'' (2015), '' Dream Girl'' (2019) etc. H ...

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Bikas Mishra Bikas Ranjan Mishra is an Indian screenwriter and film director. His first feature film '' Chauranga'' released in January 2016. The film won awards at Mumbai Film Festival and Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA). His short film Danc ...

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Shomu Mukherjee Shomu Mukherjee (also spelt Shomu Mukherji; 19 June 1943 – 10 April 2008) was an Indian director, writer, and producer. Filmography References External links

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Prem Prakash Modi Prem Prakash Modi (born 17 July 1968) is an Indian film director, writer and actor. Modi made his debut as a director in 2013 with a Bengali feature film ''Arjun – Kalimpong E Sitaharan'' starring Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Om, Manoj Mitra, Chu ...

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Manish Mundra Manish Mundra (born 22 April 1973) is an Indian film producer who has produced numerous Bollywood films like ''Ankhon Dekhi'', ''Masaan'', ''Kadvi Hawa'' and many more to his credit. Early years and personal life Manish Mundra was born in D ...

, Indian film producer * Nandlal Nayak, film director & music composer *

Zeishan Quadri Zeishan Quadri is an Indian writer, actor, director and producer who wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for the Bollywood crime genre film ''Gangs of Wasseypur'', directed by Anurag Kashyap. Quadri has also acted in '' Gangs of Wassey ...

, director, actor & writer * Lal Vijay Shahdeo, Indian film writer, director & producer *

Gul Bahar Singh Gul Bahar Singh is a six time national award winning Indian film-maker. He received first national award in 1986 for his documentary film, ''Anukaran''. Early life Singh was born in Pakur, Jharkhand in a Sikh family and he is the youngest child ...

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Biju Toppo Biju Toppo is an anthropological and national award-winning tribal documentary filmmaker from Ranchi, Jharkhand. He uses film as a medium for social activism on behalf of marginalized indigenous communities, and teaches video production at St. ...

, Indian documentary filmmaker

Actors

* Krishna Bhardwaj, Indian T.V actor *

Samit Bhanja Samit Bhanja ( bn, শমিত ভঞ্জ; 2 January 1944 – 24 July 2003) was an Indian actor and director known for his work in the Bengali cinema. He joined Rupkar, the theatre group of Sabitabrata Dutta and enacted in several plays in ...

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Bibhu Bhattacharya Bibhu Bhattacharya (17 September 1944 – 22 September 2011) was a Bengali Indian male actor of TV and films. He was born in Jharia, Bihar, British India (now Jharia, Jharkhand, India). He gained prominence and became a household name only in 19 ...

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Meiyang Chang Meiyang Chang (born 6 October 1982) is an Indian actor, television host, singer and a dentist. He came to prominence as a contestant on the third season of the singing reality show '' Indian Idol''. Following this, he began his acting career ...

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Dipankar De Dipankar Dey ( bn, দীপঙ্কর দে) (born 5 July 1944) is an Indian actor in the Bengali film industry. He has worked in many movies as hero, villain and character artist. He starred in Ray's ''Jana Aranya'' (''The Middleman'', 1 ...

, Bengali film actor * Dinesh Deva, Nagpuri actor and dancer *

Raman Gupta Raman Gupta is an Indian actor, dancer and singer. He works in Nagpuri albums, Nagpuri cinema, Nagpuri films and Khortha cinema, Khortha film. He also acted in many Hindi cinema, hindi films. He is known for the Nagpuri film ''Sun Sajna'', ''Deva ...

, Nagpuri and Khortha film actor *

Rajesh Jais Rajesh Jais (born 6 September 1969) is an Indian film actor, known for first daily soap of india '' Shanti'' (1994), ''Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety'' (2018), ''Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'' (2008), ''Rocket Singh'' (2009), ''Airlift'' (2016) and ''Raazi'' ( ...

, Indian film & T.V actor * Sanjeev Jaiswal, Indian actor *

Neeraj Kabi Neeraj Kabi is an Indian film entertainer and theatre actor, theatre director, and acting coach known for his works in International films and Hindi cinema, theatre, and television. Early life Neeraj Kabi was born on 12 March 1968 in Jamshedp ...

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Deepak Lohar Deepak Lohar is an actor who mostly acts in Nagpuri and Hindi films. He graduated from the National School of Drama National School of Drama (NSD) is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India. It is an autonomous organizati ...

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R. Madhavan Ranganathan Madhavan (born 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who predominantly appears in Tamil and Hindi films. Madhavan has won four Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. Madhavan ...

, Indian actor, writer & producer * Bunty Singh, Nagpuri film actor * Vikram Singh, Indian actor *

Imran Zahid Imran Zahid is an Indian actor in both theatre and Bollywood. He has acted in Mahesh Bhatt's ''The Last Salute'', based on Muntadhar al-Zaidi's book of the same title and the stageplay ''The Arth'', based on Bhatt's movie ''Arth''. His latest pl ...

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Actresses

Pratyusha Banerjee Pratyusha Banerjee (10 August 1991– 1 April 2016) was an Indian television actress. She had appeared in numerous television and reality shows. Banerjee first gained recognition in 2010 in the television show ''Balika Vadhu''. This was her fi ...

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Priyanka Chopra Priyanka Chopra Jonas (; ; born 18 July 1982) is an Indian actress and producer. The winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, Chopra is one of India's highest-paid actresses and has received numerous accolades, including two National Film Awar ...

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Deeba Deeba ( ur, ), is a Pakistani film actress. She was one of the leading film actresses during the 1960s and 1970s, well known for her romantic and tragic roles in Urdu and Punjabi films. She has received a Nigar Award and Pride of Performance. ...

, Pakistani film actress *

Rasika Dugal Rasika Dugal (born 17 January 1985) is an Indian actress. She is known for her roles in several Indian movies and television shows. She made her screen debut with a small role, in the film '' Anwar'' (2007). And then she went onto star in many ...

, Indian actress *

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Award

* Jharkhand International Film Festival Awards

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