Mumbai: Shyam Steel Dishum International Bhojpuri Film Awards (IBFA) 2018, which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 21st of July 2018. The event will be aired exclusively on Dishum Channel on 15th August 2018 at 8 pm, which will mark the 1st Anniversary of Dishum.
Dishum IBFA has become synonymous with the Best of Bhojpuri entertainment coupled with the biggest Bhojpuri stars all under one roof. It is rare that language television pushes the boundary to create rooted marque properties on foreign shores and Bhojpuri Dhamaka Dishum is one of those rare exceptions which has time and again proven the same. The event was held last year in London at the world renowned O2 Arena and this year moved onto KL, Malaysia.
It was a packed audi at Dewan Wawasan, Kuala Lumpur to celebrate the 2nd Dishum IBFA 2018 and Krushna Abhishek and Vinay Anand- the anchors of the show- brought the house down with their tongue in cheek humour. Manoj Tiwari and Ravi Kishan matched the spirit of the anchor duo and created some unforgettable moments.
Pawan Singh and Madhu Sharma won the Dishum Viewers’ Choice Best Actor and Best Actress awards respectively. Khesari Lal Yadav and Kajal Raghwani received the Dishum Viewers’ Choice Best Jodi Award. Nirahua and Anjana Singh won the Dishum IBFA Best Actor and Best Actress award respectively.
Shyam Steel is the Title Sponsor for the said event, which is Powered By Chik Shampoo & Close Up, supported by Digital partner Reliance Jio, Beauty partner Vicco Turmeric, Tourism Partner Bihar Tourism & Incredible India and Great White Electricals as Associate sponsor.
The event broadcasted is supported with extensive promo campaign on air as well as thematic content around the Awards which serve as a lead in programming. The Curtain Raiser of the event aired on 11th August 2018 (Saturday) at 7 pm & the Red carpet on 12th August 2018 (Sunday) at 7 PM.
Partha Dey, COO, Dishum Broadcasting Pvt Ltd (DBPL) said, “Now having consolidated its presence in the Bhojpuri market, Dishum’s next focus is to increase its content offerings and Dishum is all set to announce a slate of Marquee properties including “Ghar Ke Tadka” which is an interactive cookery show, a Musical Talent Hunt Reality and a Canter activity Game show with grass root level participation, across its key markets of Bihar, Jharkhand and UP”.
Aparna Shah, Founder & Director, DBPL said “We at Dishum Broadcasting are proud to have established ourselves as the most promising new GEC in the regional entertainment space. The coming year shall see some big budget and rooted programming initiatives that shall help transform the Bhojpuri television landscape”.
Dishum reaches out to over 85 million C&S TV Homes across India and is available on all leading MSO’s and DTH operators including Tata Sky, Airtel, Sun Direct, Den, Siti Maurya, Siti Digital, Darsh Digital, Manthan amongst others.
