Manoj Tiwari
Born: 1971-02-01 in Atarwalia, Bihar, India
Known For: Acting
Biography
Manoj Tiwari is a politician, singer and actor from Bihar, India. He contested the 2009 national elections for the Samajwadi Party and won the North East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) in the 2014 Indian general elections as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. He was head of the BJP organisation in Delhi when the party recorded a record victory in local elections in 2017. Prior to his involvement in cinema, he had spent years as a singer in the Bhojpuri film industry. In 2003, he took a role in the film Sasura Bada Paisawala, which was commericially succesful and was widely hailed for reviving the Bhojpuri film industry. He followed this with the successful films Daroga Babu I Love You and Bandhan Toote Na. The BBC reported in 2005 that Tiwari and Ravi Kishan were the biggest male stars in the flourishing Bhojpuri cinema market and that Tiwari charged around US$ 90,000 per film. In 2010, Tiwari was a contestant in the fourth season of reality television show Bigg Boss. Manoj Tiwari also sang "Jiya Ho Bihar Ke Lala Jiya Tu Haazar Sala" in Gangs of Wasseypur.
Filmography
2024
- Bhaiyya Ji ... (Music)
2019
- P Se Pyaar F Se Faraar ... (Director)
2016
- The Kapil Sharma Show as Himself
- Global Baba ... (Director)
2015
- Comedy Nights Bachao as Self
2013
- Comedy Nights with Kapil as Self
2012
- Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 ... (Playback Singer)
2010
- Hello Darling ... (Director)
2008
- Deshdrohi as Shekhar
2004
- Indian Idol as Self
2003
- Sasura Bada Paisawala as Raja
2001
- Indian ... (Assistant Director)
2000
- Champion ... (Assistant Director)