Ramanuj Sharma popularly known as Anuj Sharma, is a very popular actor of the regional Chhattisgarhi film industry, and also, a very famous Chhattisgarhi folk performing artist of Chhattisgarh. In 2014 Govt. of India awarded Padma Shri for his contribution in the field of Art. Considering Anuj Sharma’s popularity, the renowned magazine INDIA TODAY stated about him: “Not all the superstars reside in Mumbai, some stays in Raipur (Anuj Sharma)” “Meet the stars from five regional film industries who don’t need Hindi cinema to prove their popularity. Instead, they are content ruling films in their local language.” Anuj has so far given over 1000 stage shows in all over India along with the other Countries. He has acted in more than 40 films during the last 21 years, most of which have achieved great success including 4 Silver Jubilee hits and 10 films ruled cinema for 50 days which no other male or female artist in this region have given so for. His contributions have been widely acclaimed and he has received a number of awards, honors and recognitions including best film actor award for 9 times. Chhattisgarh is a new state and the current phase of film making in the local language of this state is also of the similar age. Anuj’s contribution in the development of Chhattisgarhi film industry and popularization of Chhattisgarhi films, music, songs, theater and language are remarkable.