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Bhojpuri Film Artists Impress Audience with Songs and Dances

Television star Shweta Tiwari, while attending the release of the Bhojpuri film Kab Aibu Anganwa Hamar’s audio tapes at Sri Krishna Memorial Hall in Patna on Thursday, enthralled the audience by her dance with her co-star and Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari who also won the hearts of the people by his song and dance.

The star of the critically acclaimed TV serial ‘Kasauti Zindagi Ki’, Shweta Tiwari praised the people of Bihar for making her feel at home despite her apprehensions. “Frankly, I was scared to come to Bihar but now that I am here, it feels as if I am right at home,” she said adding she would not mind coming to Bihar for shows that she would be willing to do for free.

Manoj Tiwari, during his speech, said he would soon be seen with Hindi film superstar Amitabh Bachchan in Bhojpuri film ‘Gangotri’.

“Mr. Bachchan speaks fluent Bhojpuri and his presence in a Bhojpuri film is certain to give a shot in the arm to this industry that has always been eclipsed by the more mainstream Hindi films,” Manoj Tiwari said.

State Information Minister Arjun Rai thanked the stars for reviving the bygone glories of Bhojpuri films and described Manoj Tiwari as the pride of Bihar.

Shweta Tiwari later also participate in the promotion of her yet another Bhojpuri film “Hamar Saiyan Hindustani”.

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Not with my husband!

Apparently Shweta Tiwari created a ruckus when she saw her husband do an intimate scene with his heroine

Earlier we had Abhishek Bachchan objecting to his then-fiancee Ash getting into a lip-lock with Hrithik Roshan on screen in Dhoom 2. Now, we have Shweta Tiwari objecting to her husband.

Raja Chaudhary was getting passionate with his heroine Raina Mukherjee during a lovemaking scene for his film Kuch Khel Kuch Masti.

A source from the sets says, “Raja is paired opposite this new girl Raina Mukherjee. His wife Shweta visits the sets whenever possible. Once, during the shooting of an intimate scene between Raja and Raina, she got pretty upset and created a huge scene on the sets. There was chaos after that. She made her displeasure very clear, in loud words, and there was tension all round, on the sets. The shoot was stalled while Raja took her to a corner and tried to convince her about the scene.”

However, when contacted, Raja Chowdhury obviously had a different version of the same story. He said, “Yes there is this one song where I have very intimate scenes with the leading lady Raina. However, I told Shweta about it before, and she understood.”

Car is the heroine of my film’
Sapana Patil Poojary
Sunday, April 29, 2007 20:22 IST

Television actor Shweta Tiwari’s (Prerna of Kasautii Zindagi Kay) husband Raja Chaudhary seems to have geared up post his ailment that struck him during ‘Nach Baliye 2’. Raja, who was being treated for liver abscess is fitter today and is producing a film that will explore the relationship between cars and human beings.
Raja says, “This film will be called ‘The Second Owner’.

It is the story of a car which experiences emotions like a human being does and shares its feelings with other cars. Car is the heroine of my film. It will not be an animation film; instead we will have popular celebrities doing the voiceover to depict the car’s characters. I am in conversation with Malaika Arora to lend her voice for the main car’s character.”

Raja says, “It is not possible to make this film with a medium budget. It will be a mainstream commercial film. It will be a sensitive film underlined with subtle comedy. We will need lots of cars for this film. We contacted a racer who is a part of professional racers group called Dragstar Team. He will be providing us imported cars for the same. We also got in touch with an automobile engineer will modify the cars for us.”

So what made Raja think of producing a film on car’s sentiments? “My friend and I were discussing cars. This film was just an idea at that time but I decided to develop it further. It is based on the real life story of someone I know well,” he shares.

Raja is looking at Bollywood biggies to act in this film along with Shweta. “I hope Shweta gives me dates,” he laughs. His production company has recently completed the shooting of their Bhojpuri film with Ravi Kissen and Shweta in he lead

Raja Chaudhury has fractured his left wrist

Raja Chaudhary, Bhojpuri actor and husband of Shweta Tiwari has fractured his left wrist. His left hand is plastered and he is in pain. This happened when he was playing cricket on Air India ground, Kalina.

Nursing a plastered hand Raja says, “I was playing for Internet Cricket Tournament and I am a member of the club. I am fine now but as the fracture is in my left hand, most of my work can be done easily. But the pain is giving me a tough time, despite the heavy dose of painkillers.”

“I will be going for the checkup and X-ray on 21 April.”

Raja’s wife Shweta is in Bihar shooting for a Bjojpuri film. Currently Raja is doing films with his wife in Bhojpuri.

Raja Chaudhary’s new love is a car…
By: Shaheen Parkar
April 11, 2007
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all about my ‘heroine’: Raja Chaudhary
After his debut as a filmmaker with the Bhojpuri flick Hamar Saiyyan Hindustani, Raja Chaudhary is all set to roll a Hinglish film titled My Second Honour.

The film goes on floors on April 15, starring wife and telly actress Shweta Tiwari, newcomer Sameer Sayed and himself.

But playing the lead role in My Second Honour will be Raja’s own car, a Toyota Trueno, which will be specially modified for the project.

Car enthusiast

Claims Raja, “I am a motor enthusiast and we own five cars — a Mercedes Benz, a Toyota Corolla, a Skoda Octavia, a Ford Jeep and the Toyota Trueno.

My Second Honour, as the title implies, is about a man and his car. There is a special bond between them. And I have managed to get both my loves — my wife and my car — in the film,” laughs Raja.

My Second Honour has been penned by Saurabh Bharadwaj and will be directed by Dharmendra Singh. It will be produced under Raja’s banner, Palak Creations (named after his daughter).

A central part of the film will be a bunch of Mumbai speedsters called the Team Drag Stars. “Mihir Dharker, who is at the helm of this car racing group, will also be in the film; the group will play itself.”

‘Feeling’ the heat

A model of the Toyota Trueno (for representational purpose only)
Raja’s first schedule will be shot on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway.

“The main heroine of the film is the car.

It has feelings, it can see and sense things too, but there are no special effects so the car will not be seen flying and things like that! I am in talks with the folks at Toyota for their support in the project,” says Raja.

And his film, he insists, is not inspired by Abbas Mustan’s Tarzan — The Wonder Car. “It is not at all like that film.

Tarzan was a wonder car. My car is humane, with feelings, et al. It is a special story about a man and his car.

I am sure there are several men who view their cars as the real beauties in their lives; this film is for them and for people to understand the special bond between a man and his machine.”

Name calling

Raja Chaudhary and his daughter Palak have coined special terms for all the cars they own.

The Merc is called ‘White Beauty’ (as it is white in colour), The Ford jeep is called ‘Truck’ (as it is a 4×4 open vehicle).

“My daughter loves this car and insists that I drop her to school in it,” says Raja.

“The Skoda Octavia is simply called Skoda and the Toyota Corolla is called Toyota as we still haven’t figured out what to call them.”

But the pride of the family is the two-door Toyota Trueno, loving called ‘Heroine’ — the reason why she is in Raja’s film!

Manoj Tiwari comes
By: Tushar Joshi
April 4, 2007
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Behave, or else…: Shweta Tiwari
Shweta Tiwari had a tough time in Bihar while shooting for her Bhojpuri film Kab Aai Angana Hamar recently.
The actress was not only mobbed but also had to deal with hordes of people who’d turn up on the set during the shoot; that’s when Bhojpuri star and co-actor Manoj Tiwari came to her rescue.

Shweta says, “He was really sweet and protective.

Throughout the shoot he made sure that I wasn’t bothered or troubled.

In fact, whenever fans would come chanting and screaming his name, he’d tell them not to scare me or I’d never come back to Bihar!”

Singing sensation

The actress calls Manoj a huge superstar. “He’s even bigger than Ravi Kissen here. Apart from acting, he also sings bhajans and has released a couple of albums that are a huge hit with the audience.

In fact, a lot of old women and children in Bihar don’t watch his films as much as they listen to his songs. During the shoot, we constantly had ladies who would come to the set and start singing his bhajans,” says Shweta, amused.

Even though this is Shweta’s third Bhojpuri film, she’s quite excited about its release.

“The film will release this month. In fact, I still have to figure out the perfect way to speak Bhojpuri. It’s quite interesting, but I prefer speaking in Hindi.”
During her stay in Sitamani, a village in Bihar, Shweta was petrified when sporadic religious conflicts erupted nearby. “The next day, we had a huge police force on the set to protect us from mischief-makers.

I thought maybe Manoj called them for his protection. Then I realised that they had come to make sure our shoot went off smoothly.”

Raja Chaudhary has been harassing his wife Shweta Tiwari (Prerna of Kasautii Zindagii Kay). No dearies, not in real life.

The trauma is happening in their Bhojpuri production Hamra Sanya Hindustani. Now, he is also going to attempt to rape her in another Bhojpuri film, which the couple signed a few days ago.

The film, titled Eh Bhabhi Ke Sister, is being co-produced and directed by Surendra Pal (Dronacharya of Mahabharat). Shweta is romantically paired opposite popular Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari.

Staging an act

Pal feels that the catchy title will bring people to the theatres. “This is the first time that a Bhojpuri film has a funky title.

But the title is justified because the story revolves round a devar-bhabhi relationship. The devar (Manoj) flips for his bhabhi’s (Geeta Tyagi) younger sister (Shweta),” he says.

Why Shweta? Pal explains, “Ever since I saw her in Nach Baliye 2, I had vowed that if I ever make a film, I will cast nobody else but Shweta in the female lead.

She was an outstanding dancer and looked attractive in every frame. I was relieved when she said yes.”

Pal says that Raja plays a character inspired by Manu Sharma (the man convicted of murdering model/actress Jessica Lal), who abuses power to prevent getting convicted for his crime. “I have even named him Manu Thakar. Manu believes that the police cannot stop him.”

Will Raja feel embarrassed to do the rape scene? Raja replies, “I don’t think so. We are actors and this is fiction. While doing a role, I know when to switch on and off.”

Eh Bhabhi Ke Sister is being shot in Mumbai, Banaras, Allahabad and Lucknow.

Shweta Tiwari, who has become synonymous with the name Prerna post her association with super successful soap opera KASAUTI ZINDAGI KAY, will soon be making her Bhojpuri debut.

Titled ‘Saiyyan Hamar Hindustani’, the film stars Shweta opposite Ravi Kissen. Her real life husband Raja Chaudhary plays the main villain in the film.

In ‘Saiyyan Hamar Hindustani’, Shweta plays Radha, who falls in love with Suraj [Ravi Kissen], a poor musician who loves to play guitar. Raja is the negative character who tries to create problems between Radha and Suraj and creates a havoc in their life. The film would be releasing this March.

Shweta Tiwari (Prerna of Kasauti Zindagi Kay) and her husband Raja Chaudhary have shot for a commercial on spiritual jewellery named Divya Mantra. Says Raja, “The jewellery will help everyone who wears it, especially in their respective fields. The jewellery range will include rings and pendants and will fall in the price bracket of Rs 4,000 to Rs 10,000.When asked if they were planning to launch their own jewellery line, Raja replied in the negative. “We just did a commercial for them”, says Raja. “I and Shweta believe in spirituality too. I’m wearing blue sapphire, emerald, solitaire and Shweta wears emerald, solitaire and cat-eye”, reveals Raja.