Dinesh Lal Yadav
He belongs to the famous Birha family of Ghazipur but spent most of his childhood days in "Belghoria" at 4 no. railway gate (Agarpara) area of Kolkata where his father used to work in a factory. He completed his education in the same suburbs of Kolkata. Famous Birha singer Vijay Lal Yadav known as "Birha Samrat" and lyrics writer Pyare Lal Yadav (Kaviji) who has penned most of songs in Bhojpuri cinema, are his first cousins. He started his acting career with the Bhojpuri film Humka Aisa Waisa Na Samjha (Don't think that I'm riff-raff) in 2006 in which he played the role of a boy who fights to make Bhojpuri a recognised language in the state. But his first released movie was "Chalat Musafir Moh Liyo Re" (The traveller has been ensnared) in which he played the supporting role of a police inspector with Kalpana Patowary and Sunil Chhaila Bihari. His third film was "Ho Gail Ba Pyar Odhaniya Waali Se" (I have fallen in love with a girl wearing stole, 2007). After this film, he started getting plenty of offers. His next film "Nirahua Rikshawala" (2007) became a super hit. After the success of his another film titled "Kahan Jaiba Raja Najariya Ladaike" (2007), he was an eastablished actor in the industry and had got the title "Jublee Star". His another hit movie in 2008 was "Lagal Raha Ae Rajaji". His natural Acting style, slim body unlike other Bhojpuri actor those days and actions moves due to his Karate training in his childhood, made him so popular among the audience that, even his flop films used to run over three weeks. He also did stage shows in Fiji, Australia and New Zealand in 2007. He continued giving hits likes Pratigya (2008), "Pariwaar" (2008), "Nirahua No. 1" (2009), Saat Saheliyan (2010), "Nirahua Chalal Sasural" (2011). In a review of his film "Aulaad" (2011), Times of india wrote that "Dinesh Lal Yadav has live up his role". In 2012, he appeared in the Bigg Boss as a contestant. His film "Ganga Jamuna Saraswati" (2012) earned 1.25 crores in just three weeks which highest by any Bhojpuri movie in those times. He acted with Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and Gulshan Grover in the Bhojpuri film "Ganga Devi" (2012). His 50th project Nirahua Hindustani (2014) reached multiplexes. His another hit movie was Patna Se Pakistan. In 2016, he received Uttar Pradesh's highest civilian award "Yash Bharti Samman Award" by the Uttar Pradesh Government for this contribution in Bhojpuri films. Bam Bam Bol Raha Hai Kashi (2016) was produced by Priyanka Chopra. Nirahua Hindustani 2 won 11 awards at Sabrang Film Awards. His "Kashi Amarnath" (2018) was another movie that was produced by Priyanka Chopra. Grossing 19 crores, his patriotic film Border (2018) is one of the highest earning Bhojpuri film ever. Nirahua Chalal London (2018) was the first ever Bhojpuri film to be shot abroad. In made his OTT debut in 2019 with Hero Vardiwala, which was the first ever webseries made in Bhojpuri language. He released his first Short film "Kukkur" in 2021 which was based on the plight of elderly people in old-age homes. On 10th December 2021, his film "Hum Hain Dulha Hindustani" released, which was a Romantic comedy film starring Amrapali Dubey and Madhu Sharma. This was Nirahua's second film that was shot in London after Nirahua Chalal London. On 1 January 2022, he released his next short film "Dahar". Nirahua joined Bharatiya Janata Party in Lucknow on 27 March 2019 in presence of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. On 3 April 2019 he got Loksabha ticket by Bharatiya Janata Party from Azamgarh (Lok Sabha constituency), he contested against Akhilesh Yadav (former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh). However, Yadav lost his seat of Azamgarh to Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav by a margin of 259,874.
Acting Career ; Early Hits and Establishment (2006-2011)
associated with Bhojpuri language films. He made his film debut in the Bhojpuri drama Humka Aisa Waisa Na Samjha (2006), and gained more popularity with his roles in "Chalat Mushafir Moh Liyo Re" (2006), "Nirahuwa Rikshaw Wala" (2008) and Pratigya (2008). His other works during this period include "Parivaar" (2008), Rangeela Babu (2009), Nirahua No. 1 (2009), Saat Saheliyan (2010).