Bhojpuri actors who worked in Bollywood Movies

Bhojpuri cinema has grown leaps and bounds in past few years. Traditionally limited to the eastern Uttar Pradesh and Central Bihar, Bhojpuri cinemas have today covered even the northern Bhojpuri speaking areas of these states. With its phenomenal growth, the popularity of the Bhojpuri actors has also increased. Not only have these actors earned fame through Bhojpuri films but have even went on to bag some real performance oriented roles in Bollywood films too. Here we give you a rundown of Bhojpuri actors who have worked in some Bollywood movies...

Antara Biswas, popularly known by her stage name Monalisa, has over 125 Bhojpuri films to her credit. The actress had also bagged an item number in Ajay Devgn, Suneil Shetty and Priyanka Chopra starrer ‘Blackmail’.
Monalisa was also seen playing a small part in ‘Money Hai Toh Honey Hai’ starring Govinda. Apart from these, she has also appeared in Bengali, Oriya, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films.

Ravi Kishan is a very popular name in both Bhojpuri and Hindi cinema. Rightly touted to be the superstar of the Bhojpuri industry, he has had his share of Bollywood films too.
The actor has played various roles in films like ‘Tere Naam’ starring Salman Khan, ‘Bullet Raja’ starring Saif Ali Khan, ‘Luck’ starring Sanjay Dutt and ‘Phir Hera Pheri’. Apart from these, he has also done some films down south too.

Manoj Tiwari, the actor-turned-singer-turned-politician, is a huge name in the Bhojpuri industry. The actor had worked in a historical biographical film about Bhagat Singh, ‘23rd March 1931: Shaheed’. He played a role of Veerbhadra Tiwari with famous Bollywood stars like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol and Amrita Singh.

Vinay Anand is yet another name that is recognised by both the Bhojpuri and Hindi film industry. The actor has about 60 Hindi and Bhojpuri movies to his credit.
In Bollywood, he was seen in films like ‘Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa’ starring Govinda and Juhi Chawla, Tabu, Chandrachur Singh and others. He also acted in a romantic movie ‘Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya’ starring Govinda. Vinay is a relative of Bollywood superstar Govinda and married to Jyoti Anand, sister of popular south Indian actress Simran.

Shubhi Sharma, who active mainly in Bhojpuri cinema has done an item number with Bollywood star John Abraham. She appeared in the ‘20-20’ song in comedy movie ‘Welcome Back’. A sequel to ‘Welcome’ also included Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Shruti Haasan, Paresh Rawal and Dimple Kapadia. She started her career with Bhojpuri film ‘Chalni Ke Chaalal Dulha’.