Big B may attend Bhojpuri meet

Big B Amitabh Bachchan and Mauritian high commissioner to India Mukheshwar Chunni would be among the prominent guests at the two-day International Bhojpuri Mahotsava to be held in Patna on April 22-23. The function is being organised jointly by Bhojpuri Vishwa (Bihar) and Lokras, the cultural group from Uttar Pradesh, with support from the Centre as part of its celebration of the 150th year of the First War of Indian Independence (1857) and the sacrifice of Veer Kunwar Singh. The inclusion of Bhojpuri language in the eighth schedule of the Constitution has also provided the context for it. General secretary of the organising committee Mithilesh Tiwari said the Mahotsava would be held here on April 22 and 23. On the first day, there would be a "kavi sammelan", after the inaugural function, followed by seminar and symposia on the second day, which would conclude with the night-long cultural programme in Gandhi Maidan. A delegation of the organising committee called on Chunni in the Mauritian embassy at Chankayapuri, Delhi, and solicited his participation in the Mahotsava. The delegation, led by former Bihar director general (RPF) Anil Kumar Pandey, presented invitation letter to Chunni, who gave formal consent to his participation. The other members of the delegation were Mithilesh Tiwari, RK Sinha, NN Ojha, Sanjay Sahay and Rajesh Upadhyay. According to Tiwari, CM Nitish Kumar would inaugurate the Mahotsav, while deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi would be the chief guest and culture minister Janardan Singh Sigriwal would preside. Tiwari said that the main attraction would be the biggest star of the century Amitabh Bachchan. Other prominent cine personalities include Shatrughan Sinha, Manoj Bajpai, Nagma, Shekhar Suman, Manoj Tiwari Mridul and Ravi Kishan. Among the singers would be Kalpana, Devi, Pawan Singh, Sharda Sinha, Bhagya Shri, Sweta Tiwari, Shamsher Menhdi, Baleshwar, Bharat Sharma and Dinesh Lal Yadav.

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