Manoj Tiwari
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Member of the India Parliament for North East Delhi |
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Assumed office 16 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | J. P. Agarwal |
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| Born | 1 February 1971 Atarwalia, Bihar, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata party |
| Spouse(s) | Rani Tiwari (m. 1999–2012;divorced) |
| Children | One daughter |
| Occupation | Actor, singer, director, television presenter, politician |
Manoj Tiwari (born 1 February 1971) is a singer, actor, television presenter and music director from Bihar, India. He has acted in the Bhojpuri genre of the Indian film industry and in 2005 was reported to be one of the two leading male stars of that genre.
Tiwari is also involved in politics, having contested the 2009 national elections for the Samajwadi Party. He won the North East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) in the 2014 Indian general elections from BJP.
One of the six children of Chandra Deo Tiwari and Lalita Devi, his birthplace is Atarwalia, a small village in Kaimur district of Bihar.
Prior to Tiwari's involvement in cinema, he had spent ten years working as a singer.
In 2003, he took a role in the film 'Sasura Bada Paise Wala'. The BBC reported that the production costs of US$ 65,000 were turned into takings of US$ 3 million, while The Hindu reported a ₹ 3.5–4 billion cost resulting in takings of ₹45 million (US$670,000). Indian Express reported a figure of ₹65 million (US$970,000) as the takings. The Bihar Jharkhand Motion Picture Association saw this production as being a turning point for Bhojpuri cinema. He followed this with the successful films Daroga Babu I Love You and Bandhan Toote Na. Tiwari is reported to have said in 2005 that although the Bhojpuri genre had generally kept to its traditional storylines, "Gone are the double entendres, thin story lines and poor technical quality. Films have been slick and producers are willing to put in close to Rs 8 million in a film because the returns are not bad,"
The BBC reported in 2005 that Tiwari and Ravi Kishan were the biggest male stars in the flourishing Bhojpuri cinema market and that Tiwari was able to charge US$ 90,000 per film.
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