Manoj Bhawuk (born 2 January 1976) is an Indian poet writing in
Bhojpuri, actor, television presenter and screenwriter, active in
Bhojpuri cinema
Bhojpuri cinema is an Indian film industry of Bhojpuri-language motion pictures. It is based in western Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh with major production centres in Lucknow and Patna.
Bhojpuri cinema is a major part of Bihari cinema. The f ...
. He has written books. He promotes Bhojpuri language and literature. Bhawuk has been the Project Head of Zee TV's reality show
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa
''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'' is an Indian Hindi-language reality singing television show. It started airing on Zee TV in 1995 as ''Sa Re Ga Ma''. It is the oldest running game show in India as well as the oldest show on private television in India. The ...
. He is a diploma holder in theatre acting and has acted in TV shows, films and serials. He has been awarded national and international honors.
Career
Bhawuk studied engineering at the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology and worked as an engineer for a time. He was later a journalist with
Doordarshan.
He received the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award in 2006 for his
ghazal collection ''Tasveer zindagi ke''.
In 2017 he began to work with
Anjan TV and
Mahua Plus
Mahua Plus is a Bhojpuri general entertainment television channel owned and operated by Mahua Broadcasting Private Limited. The channel's programming consists of entertainment, music, travel, religion, feature films, documentaries, reality t ...
.
Bhawuk was conferred with the Geetanjali Sahitya Award on 1 September 2018 in Birmingham, United Kingdom by Gitanjali Multilingual Literary Circle, UK for his work and contribution to Bhojpuri Literature.
He received the Lokbhasha Samman (लोकभाषा सम्मान) for his innumerous contributions in Bhojpuri literature by Kailash Gautam Srijan Sansthan, constituted in memory of popular poet
Kailash Gautam
Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; ''Kangrinboqê'' or ''Gang Rinpoche''; Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ; ; sa, कैलास, ), is a mountain in the Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It has an altitude of ...
.
Manoj Bhawuk is also chief editor of e-magazines named ''Bhojpuria'' and ''Bhojpuri Junction''. He is the director of Achievers Junction dedicated to the legends of the world.
Awards
* Won the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award 2006 by Gulzar and Girija Devi for the book for Tasveer Zindagi Ke
* Won the International Bhojpuri Gaurav Samman, Mauritius 2014 by Sir
Anerood Jugnauth
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A central fi ...
, the Prime Minister of Mauritius
* Received the Parikalpana Lok Bhushan Samman in Kathmandu, Nepal (First time this award was given for Bhojpuri literature) in 2013
* Geetanjali Sahitya Award on 1 September 2018 in Birmingham, United Kingdom by Gitanjali Multilingual Literary Circle, UK for his work and contribution to Bhojpuri Literature.
* Kailash Gautam Kavya-Kunth Lokbhasha Samman on 27 December 2022 by Kailash Gautam Srijan Sansthan
[https://hindi.webdunia.com/hindi-literature-articles/kailash-gautam-kavyakumbh-lokbhasha-samman-2022-to-poet-manoj-bhavuk-122122800075_1.html]
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
Indian television presenters
Male actors from Bihar
People from Siwan district
People from Bihar
Indian male poets
Poets from Bihar
21st-century Indian poets