Dinesh Lal Yadav

Dinesh Lal Yadav (born 2 February 1979), popularly known as Nirahua, is an Indian actor, singer, producer and politician who works in Bhojpuri-language films. He is among the most successful Bhojpuri actors, with several consecutive box-office successes in 2015. He owns the production house Nirahua Entertainment Pvt Ltd. Dinesh Lal Yadav was a contestant on Bigg Boss 6 in 2012.

Nirahua was a member of parliament from Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2022 till 2024. Coming from a family of traditional Biraha singers of Ghazipur, he began his career as a folk singer with the album Nirahua Satal Rahe (2003), which became a major hit and earned him the stage name "Nirahua". He made his film debut in the Bhojpuri drama Humka Aisa Waisa Na Samjha (2006) and gained wider fame with Chalat Mushafir Moh Liyo Re (2006), Nirahua Rikshaw Wala (2008) and Pratigya (2008).

In 2012, he appeared with Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan in Ganga Devi and also participated in Bigg Boss 6 that year. His fiftieth film, Nirahua Hindustani (2014), was a commercial success that reached multiplex audiences. He later starred in patriotic films such as Patna Se Pakistan (2015) and Border (2018), two of the highest-grossing Bhojpuri films. His Nirahua Chalal London (2019) was shot in London, and in 2019 he made his OTT debut in the Bhojpuri web series Hero Vardiwala.