Gangs of Wassepur brings wave of fame for Manoj Tiwari

When Manoj Tiwari opened the market for Bhojpuri albums with his first album “Bagalwali Jaan Marele”, brought Bhojpuri cinema in parallel to Hindi cinema with his first film “Sasura Bada Paisawala” and now he has brought a wave of fame with his first song in a Hindi film “Gangs of Wassepur”. Manoj Tiwari gives the credit for success of the song to its lyricist Piyush Mishra, music director Sneha Khewalkar and the director of the film Aurag Kashyap. The song “Jiya Ae Bihar Ke Lalla” has become popular everywhere, India as well as abroad. Recently talking about the criticism of the film and its director for bringing ill fame to Wassepur, Manoj Tiwari ridiculed the attempt and said that those who are criticising the film are neither Bihari nor Jharkhandis and do not want to present the real problems.(Shashikant Singh report)