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Bangarada Manushya

Bangarada Manushya (ಬಂಗಾರದ ಮನುಷ್ಯ, Man of Gold) is a 1972 Kannada drama directed by Siddalingaiah, starring Rajkumar, a landmark rural hit that ran nearly four years in Bangalore.

Bangaranga

Bangaranga is an up-tempo dance-pop song by Bulgarian singer DARA (Darina Yotova) that won Eurovision 2026 in Vienna with 516 points, Bulgaria's first victory.

Bangarraju (బంగార్రాజు)

Bangarraju (బంగార్రాజు) is a 2022 Telugu comedy-fantasy film, sequel to Soggade Chinni Nayana, directed by Kalyan Krishna Kurasala, starring Nagarjuna and Naga Chaitanya; released 14 January 2022, grossing over Rs 66 crore worldwide.

Banged Up Abroad

Banged Up Abroad, also known as Locked Up Abroad, is a British National Geographic docudrama created by Bart Layton, recounting arrests, imprisonments, and kidnappings abroad via interviews and reenactments, running 2007 to about 2021 in 15 seasons.

Bangerz

Bangerz is Miley Cyrus's fourth studio album, released October 8, 2013 on RCA Records, executive produced by Mike Will Made It. Her first non-Disney album with an R&B and hip-hop sound, it yielded "We Can't Stop" (No. 2) and "Wrecking Ball" (her first No. 1).

Bangistan (बंगिस्तान)

Bangistan (बैंगिस्‍तान) is a 2015 Hindi satirical comedy, Karan Anshuman's debut for Excel Entertainment, starring Riteish Deshmukh and Pulkit Samrat as rival suicide bombers; banned in Pakistan, 23% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Bangiya Sahitya Parishad

Bangiya Sahitya Parishad (বঙ্গীয় সাহিত্য পরিষৎ), also written Bangiya Sahitya Parishat, is a learned society in Kolkata dedicated to Bengali language and literature, founded in 1893.

Bangla Academy Literary Award

The Bangla Academy Literary Award (বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার) is an annual prize from Bangla Academy honoring contributions to Bengali literature, first awarded in 1960.

Bangladesh National Film Awards (জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার)

Bangladesh National Film Awards (জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার), the country's state film honors since 1975, first presented 1976 to Lathial; run by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry with jury boards, cash prizes, and a Lifetime Achievement category added in 2009.

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (বাংলাদেশ শিল্পকলা একাডেমি) is Bangladesh's national academy of fine and performing arts, founded in Dhaka in 1974 and known for the Asian Art Biennale.

Bangladeshi band music

Bangladeshi band music, also known as Bangla band, is the tradition of self-written, guitar-driven songs by bands in Bangladesh, begun after the 1971 liberation war by Azam Khan's band Uccharon.

Bangladeshi cuisine

Bangladeshi cuisine (Bangla or East Bengali cuisine) is the rice-and-river-fish delta cuisine of Bangladesh, built on mustard oil, panch phoron, and hilsa (ilish), served in formal courses, more beef-forward than West Bengal, and behind over 95% of British curry houses.

Bangladeshi rock

Bangladeshi rock is the rock and heavy metal scene of Bangladesh, growing from 1970s post-independence bands into a Bengali-metal movement led by Rockstrata and Warfaze.

Banglar Mati Banglar Jol

Banglar Mati Banglar Jol (বাংলার মাটি বাংলার জল) is a 1905 prayer song by Rabindranath Tagore and the official state song of West Bengal since 2023.

Bangle

A bangle is a rigid, ring-shaped bracelet, usually clasp-less so it slips over the hand, though some are hinged; it can also be worn on the forearm or ankle.

Bangs (hair)

Bangs (UK: fringe) are hair cut shorter to hang over the forehead. Covers the American word origin, Ziryab's early popularization, the 1915 Irene Castle bob, main types like curtain and micro bangs, and 2025-2026 trends.

Bánh mì

Bánh mì (banh mi) is Vietnam's baguette sandwich, a French colonial import rebuilt with rice-flour dough, pâté, cold cuts, pickles, and herbs; OED-listed since 2011, TasteAtlas's top 2024 sandwich, but prone to salmonella outbreaks.

Bánh trôi nước

Bánh trôi nước is a four-line Nôm poem by Hồ Xuân Hương that describes a boiled rice cake and, by double meaning, the fate of Vietnamese women.

Bani Thani

Bani Thani (बणी ठणी) is an Indian miniature portrait of an idealized woman, painted around 1750 by the Kishangarh court artist Nihal Chand and known as the "Indian Mona Lisa".

Banig

Banig is the Filipino handwoven sleeping or sitting mat, made from tikog, pandan, buri, or rattan; regional traditions include Tawi-Tawi's Badjao and Samal mats, the Maranao round mat, and Basey, Samar, the banig capital.

Banished by Sin

Banished by Sin (2024) is Deicide's thirteenth studio album and first in six years, released on Reigning Phoenix Music; 12 tracks, 38:59, live-style production, AI cover art controversy.

Banished from the Hero's Party

Banished from the Hero's Party (真の仲間じゃないと勇者のパーティーを追い出されたので、辺境でスローライフすることにしました) is a Japanese slow-life fantasy light novel by Zappon and Yasumo, 15 volumes, 2018–2025, about Red, expelled from the Hero's party, running an apothecary in Zoltan with Rit; adapted into manga and TV anime, published in English by Yen Press.

Banjo

The banjo is a plucked string instrument with a drum-like body covered by a membrane head, created by enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and colonial North America.

Banjo (2016 film)

Banjo (बैंजो) is a 2016 Hindi musical drama and Ravi Jadhav's Hindi directorial debut, starring Riteish Deshmukh as Mumbai street musician Taraat and Nargis Fakhri as a New York DJ; released 23 September 2016 by Eros International, it flopped commercially and with critics.

Banjo Paterson

Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson (1864–1941), Australian bush balladist, solicitor and war correspondent, author of 'The Man from Snowy River', 'Clancy of the Overflow' and 'Waltzing Matilda'; Bulletin Debate rival of Henry Lawson; CBE 1939.

Banjo ukulele

Banjo ukulele (banjolele, banjo uke): four-string hybrid with a banjo body and drum head, ukulele neck and G-C-E-A tuning, invented around 1916 (Bolander or Keech), trademarked Banjulele by Alvin D. Keech, peaked in the 1920s-30s, popularized by George Formby.

Bánk bán

Bánk bán is a five-act Hungarian historical tragedy by József Katona, written between 1814 and 1819, and the basis of Ferenc Erkel's 1861 national opera.

Bank Band

Bank Band is a Japanese charity music project formed in 2004 by producer Kobayashi Takeshi and Mr.Children vocalist Sakurai Kazutoshi to support the nonprofit ap bank.

Bank Chor (बैंक चोर)

Bank Chor (बैंक चोर) is a 2017 Hindi comedy-thriller from Y-Films, directed by Bumpy, starring Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, and Rhea Chakraborty; a botched bank robbery became a hostage crisis, flopping at ₹7.32 crore net against a ₹15 crore budget.

Bank of Bhagyalakshmi

Bank of Bhagyalakshmi (ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಆಫ್ ಭಾಗ್ಯಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ) is a 2025 Kannada comedy heist film directed by debutant Abhishek Manjunath, starring Dheekshith Shetty and Brinda Acharya, about five amateur thieves robbing a village co-operative bank during elections; released 27 November 2025, streamed on Prime Video from 16 January 2026.