Young star of Bhojpuri cinema, 20 year old Pradeep Pandey, also known as Chintu basking in the super success of his just released film ““Jeena Teri Gali Mein”. The success of this film is another addition to the success Bhojpuri films are getting today which has compelled even the legend Amitabh Bachchan to act in Bhojpuri films. Singer Manoj Tiwari’s entry in the Bhojpuri film industry as an actor marked the rise of this industry and thus, began the golden period of Bhojpuri film industry. He set a trend for singer turned actors and created a fan following that made it easy for every singer who wanted to try their luck in acting. When superstar Manoj Tiwari started his acting career, at the same time Ravi Kishan also established himself as the superstar of Bhojpuri cinema and these two stars were carrying the ownership of taking Bhojpuri cinema to the next level. However, in the minds of viewers’ singer turned actors were gradually making a great impression and thus, gained acceptance from the masses. People were so impressed with the singer turned actors that they would say a singer means a hero. And this was supported by fact that singers turned actors were doing phenomenal at the box office. Actors like Manoj Tiwari, Dinesh Lal Yadav “Nirahua”, Sri Pawan Singh, Sumit Baba, Sunil Chaila Bihari, Chotu Chalia, Kheshari Lal Yadav and Kalua, they were all singers who were doing well in acting too. At the same time, pure actors like Ravi Kishan, Vinay Anand, Sudip Pandey, Ajay Dixit, Avinash Shahi, Pravesh Lal Yadav and Pradeep Pandey “Chintu” also received love and affection of the viewers. From the beginning, there has been two categories of actors in the Bhojpuri film industry who have been love and appreciated by their fans, one the pure actors and the other singer turned actors. Big and successful directors in the Bhojpuri film industry want to cast the singer turned actors in their films as they guarantee success. Films released in 2013, however, changed the notion of people that only singers can become a successful hero in the Bhojpuri film industry. And starting this ne trnd is the success of the film “Jeena Teri Gali Mein” which has Pradeep Pandey “Chintu” in the lead. Chintu who though is only 20 years old is an amazingly talented actor who understands nuances of acting beautifully. Chintu is equally good in action, romance, dance, comedy and emotion which make you believe that he has acting in his blood and is a God gifted talent him. Chintu had started his acting career as a child star in films like Deewana, Saat Saheliyaan, Devra Bada Satawela, Main Nagin Tu Nagina and Saugandh Ganga Maiya Ki, to name a few. He had shown his acting talent ads child star itself. Though, initially it was said that as he was a director’s son, this was bound to happen. Director Rajkumar R. Pandey, who is also the father of Chintu is a successful director of the Bhojpuri film industry and all his films have been superhit.
