In the Indian state of Jharkhand, films are produced in various regional and tribal languages including Kudmali, Hindi, Bengali, Nagpuri, Khortha and Santali. Film industry in state of Jharkhand is also known as Jhollywood.

Since 2015, Government of Jharkhand is encouraging film shooting in State to highlight the natural beauty, religious place, culture of the state as well as to produce jobs by giving subsidy to film makers. New government of Congress-JMM alliance ended subsidy for regional cinema after coming to power in 2020.

In recent years several Hindi films have been shot in the state including M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, A Death in the Gunj, Ajab singh ki gajab kahani, Ranchi Diaries, Begum Jaan, Panchlait and Ilaka Kishoreganj. Several Nagpuri films have been produced in the recent years including Tor Bina, Mahuaa, Tor Chahat Mein, Mor Gaon Mor Desh and Phulmania.

The upcoming hindi film Lohardaga will show issue of Naxalism and surrender policy in the State. The state also showcased in web and T.V series, e.g - Netflix's Jamtara - Sabka Number Ayega and Hoichoi's Dhanbad Blues. Ekta Kapoor T.V series, Kuch Toh Hai Tere Mere Darmiyan was based on Jamshedpur.

History The first feature film of Jharkhand was Aakarant directed by Vinod Kumar and made under the banner of drishyantar international, 1988. The first Nagpuri film was Sona Kar Nagpur (1992) produced and directed by Dhananjay Nath Tiwari.

Hindi films shot in Jharkhand Kala Patthar, an Amitabh Bachchan starrer cult film was based on Chasnala mining disaster of 1975 Satyakam, a Dharmendra & Sharmila Tagore starrer film, shot in Ghatsila. Hip Hip Hurray, a directorial debut film of Prakash Jha, shot at Ranchi & hill station, Netarhat Udaan, a masterpiece screened at Cannes film festival, shot at Jamshedpur A Death In The Gunj, a Konkana Sen Sharma starrer movie shot at McCluskieganj. Gangs of Wasseypur, part 1 & 2, based on coal mafia feuds of Dhanbad M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, biopic of M.S. Dhoni, shot at Ranchi and Jamshedpur Bubble Gum, directed by Sanjivan Lal and shot at Jamshedpur Begum Jaan, a multi-starrer film shot at Rajmahal (Sahebganj) and Dumka Panchlait, based on Phanishwar Nath 'Renu''s story, shot at Deoghar Ajab Singh Ki Gajab Kahani, biopic of Ajay Singh, a handicapped IRS officer from Jharkhand Ranchi Diaries, a film starring Himansh Kohli shot at Ranchi Koyelaanchal, a Suniel Shetty and Vinod Khanna starrer film shot in Hazaribagh & Ramgarh Aadhaar, a Vineet Kumar starrer comedy film Raahgir -The Wayfarers, an Adil Hussain starrer film shot in Ranchi & hill station, Netarhat Sab Kushal Mangal, starring Akshaye Khanna, debut of Priyaank Sharma & Riva Kishan shot in Ranchi One Day: Justice Delivered, an Anupam Kher & Esha Gupta starrer film shot in Ranchi Gaon, an Omkar Das Manikpuri & Shishir Sharma starrer film based on original story Ilaka Kishoreganj, film shot in Jharkhand Ramrajya, a Govind Namdeo and Aman Preet Singh (brother of Rakul Preet Singh) starrer film, shot in Bokaro & Ranchi Dil Bechara (earlier, Kizie or Manny), a Sushant Singh Rajput starrer film, shot at Jamshedpur Nastik, an upcoming film starring Arjun Rampal, shot in Daltonganj Banana, film directed by John Abraham & shot in Jamshedpur Bansuri: The Flute, an Anurag Kashyap & Rituparna Sengupta starrer film Birsa Munda, an upcoming biopic Hindi film directed by Tamil film director Pa. Ranjith. Aa Bhi Ja O Piya, a Dev Sharma and Smriti Kashyap's debut starrer film

Bengali films shot in Jharkhand Subarnarekha, a film directed by Ritwik Ghatak. Ajantrik, a film directed by Ritwik Ghatak. Aranyer Din Ratri, a Satyajit Ray directorial film shot in Palamu region Oskar, a Priyanshu Chatterjee and Aparajita Adhya starring film Agni Pariksha, an Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen starrer film shot at Topchanchi. Chhuti, directorial debut of Arundhati Devi and based on Bimal Kar's Kharkuto Byomkesh O Durgo Rahasya, a Birsa Dasgupta directorial film starring Dev and Rukmini Maitra

Film shootings of other industries Ranchi, a Kannada film starring Prabhu Mundkur and Tota Roy Chowdhury. Rupinder Gandhi 2 : The Robinhood, a Dev Kharoud and Jagjeet Sandhu starrer Punjabi film, shot at Ranchi

Notable people of Jharkhand cinema Directors and producers

Imtiaz Ali, well known Hindi film director Amit Bose, Indian film director & editor Sriram Dalton, Indian film producer & director Pankaj Dubey, Indian screenwriters Raj Kumar Gupta, Indian film director Sanjivan Lal, Indian film director Akashaditya Lama, Indian director & screenwriter Aseem Mishra, Indian cinematographer Bikas Mishra, Indian film director Shomu Mukherjee, Indian director, producer & writer Prem Prakash Modi, Indian filmmaker, actor & writer Manish Mundra, Indian film producer Nandlal Nayak, film director & music composer Zeishan Quadri, director, actor & writer Lal Vijay Shahdeo, Indian film writer, director & producer Gul Bahar Singh, Indian filmmaker Biju Toppo, Indian documentary filmmaker

Actors

Krishna Bhardwaj, Indian T.V actor Samit Bhanja, Bengali film actor Bibhu Bhattacharya, Bengali film actor Meiyang Chang, Indian actor & singer Dipankar De, Bengali film actor Dinesh Deva, Nagpuri actor and dancer Raman Gupta, Nagpuri and Khortha film actor Rajesh Jais, Indian film & T.V actor Sanjeev Jaiswal, Indian actor Neeraj Kabi, Indian actor Deepak Lohar, Nagpuri film actor R. Madhavan, Indian actor, writer & producer Vikram Singh, Indian actor Imran Zahid, Indian theatre actor

Actresses

Pratyusha Banerjee, former T.V actress Priyanka Chopra, actress, singer, producer and former Miss World Deeba, Pakistani film actress Rasika Dugal, Indian actress Ishita Dutta, Indian film & T.V actress Tanushree Dutta, Indian film actress & former Miss India Auritra Ghosh, Indian film & theatre actress Komal Jha, Indian film actress Supriya Kumari, television actress Shweta Basu Prasad, Indian film & T.V actress Amrita Raichand, Indian actress Meenakshi Seshadri, former Indian film actress Sheena Shahabadi, Indian film actress Pooja Singh, Indian T.V actress Simone Singh, Indian film & T.V actress Reecha Sinha, Indian film actress Sumann, Indian actress Tania, Punjabi film actress

Award Jharkhand International Film Festival Awards

See also Cinema of India Khortha cinema Nagpuri cinema Santali cinema

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