Happy Birthday, Santosh Pahalwan; here's a list of Popular films of the actor

Bhojpuri actor Santosh Pahalwan turned a year old today and is receiving heartfelt wishes from across the country. Several Bhojpuri celebs such as Nirahua, Aamrapali Dubey and Awdhesh Mishra also took their social media handle to wish the co-star. The birthday boy has been part of numerous hit Bhojpuri films and has received applause for his acting. Let's take a look at some hit Bhojpuri movies in which Santosh Pahalwan played a pivotal role.

Khesari Lal Yadav and Kajal Raghwani show their amazing romantic chemistry in 'Balam Ji Love You'. In the film, the actor chases his love and tries everything possible in order to marry her. Interestingly, the movie also stars popular actress Akshara Singh and Santosh Pahalwan in a pivotal role. It is helmed by Premanshu Singh and jointly produced by Seema Devi Rungta and Anand Kumar Rungta.

Bhojpuri film 'Border' is a war drama based on Indo-Pak tension. The film made history at the box office as it turned out to be the highest-grossing Bhojpuri film of 2018. The movie was written and directed by Santosh Mishra, and produced by Pravesh Lal Yadav. ‘Border’ features a huge star cast including Dinesh Lal Yadav, Amrapali Dubey, Santosh Pahalwan, Pravesh Lal Yadav, Aditya Ozha, Vikrant Singh, Shubhi Sharma, Awadhesh Mishra, Richa Dixit, Kajal Yadav, Sanjay Pandey, Sushil Singh and Maya Yadav.

Dinesh Lal Yadav and Amrapali Dubey-starrer ‘Sipahi’ deals with the problems faced by an honest policeman due to corruption. Nirahua played the role of the policeman while Amrapali Dubey portrayed his lady love in the film. The film also stars other Bhojpuri actors such as Santosh Pahalwan, Sushil Singh, Sanjay Pandey, Manoj Tiger and Ayaaz Khan. ‘Sipahi’ was directed by Premanshu Singh and produced by Shiv Narayan.

'Nirahua Hindustani 2' is an action-drama film written and directed by Manjul Thakur while produced by Rahul Khan. The movie features Dinesh Lal Yadav, Amrapali Dubey, Santosh Pahalwan and Sanchita Banerjee in lead roles while Ayaz Khan, Kiran Yadav, Prakash Jais, Santosh Verma, Sanjay Mahanand and Sanjay Pandey are in supporting roles. It is a sequel to the 2014 film 'Nirahua Hindustani'. The music was composed by Chhote Baba and Madhukar Anand with lyrics penned by Pyare Lal Yadav, Azad Singh, Shyam Dehati and Santosh Puri.

'Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet' is a Bhojpuri action-romantic drama, released in the year 2016. It was directed by Ishtiyaque and produced by Rahul Kapoor. Khesari Lal Yadav and Sweety Chhabra played lead roles in the film. The story was based on how a couple fights with the society that is against love marriages. The music of the film was composed by Avinash Jha while lyricist Pawan Pandey penned the songs. Other Bhojpuri stars such as Awdhesh Mishra, Santosh Pahalwan and Brijesh Tripathi played supporting roles in the film.