After taking charge as State BJP president, actor-turned-politician Manoj Tiwari, the lok Sabha Member from North-East district of Delhi, has approached Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting for organising Bhojpuri film festival in the city. According to the sources, the I&B Minister has given his nod. The first “Bhojpuri film-festival in the capital will be organised for seven days.
“The film festival will be conducted in the first week of February.” Tiwari has met the Prime Minister Narendra Modi over this matter. Prime Minister is MP from Varanasi seat and Bhojpuri is regional language there, he has evinced keen interest in hosting Bhojpuri film festival” a BJP office bearer said on Tuesday.
While the municipal elections are expected to be held in February end, the Bhojuri film helps is aimed at engaging large Purvanchali population.
“ Purvanchali population has increased by 10 percent in past ten years. The graph of Purvanchali voters is now between 35 - 40 percent whereas it was 20 -25 earlier,” said a BJP leader.
At present out of 70 assembly seats, 25 seats are Purvanchali dominated while 18 seats of Dehli assembly are having 30 percent Purvanchali population,” said the BJP leader.
Bhojpuri film festival is expected to host some famous Bollywood faces. The festival will also break the inertia of salacious projection about Bhojpuri films among the people. “Bhojpuri cinema is clean and creative too. People will enjoy good regional cinema in this upcoming festival and Purvanchali people can easily relate themselves as cinema is a good medium, it is projection and reflection both,” said the BJP leader.