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Bharata Muni
Bharata Muni is the sage traditionally credited with the Natyashastra, the Sanskrit treatise on theater, dance, and music dated between the 2nd century BCE and the 6th century CE.
Bharatam Pattu
Bharatam Pattu (ഭാരതം പാട്ട്) is a Malayalam verse rendering of the Mahabharata composed by poet Ayyanappilla Asan, classifying it as a later work of the pattu school.
Bharatanatyam (பரதநாட்டியம்)
Bharatanatyam (பரதநாட்டியம்), also called sadir, is the classical dance form of Tamil Nadu, one of eight Sangeet Natak Akademi-recognized Indian classical dances, renamed from sadir in 1932 and revived by Rukmini Devi Arundale's Kalakshetra.
Bharatendu era
The Bharatendu era (भारतेन्दु युग), dated 1850 to 1885, is the formative period of modern Hindi prose and public literary culture, named for Bharatendu Harishchandra of Banaras.
Bharatesha Vaibhava
Bharatesha Vaibhava (ಭರತೇಶವೈಭವ) is a sixteenth-century Kannada Jain epic by the poet Ratnakaravarni, telling the life of Bharata, eldest son of the first Tirthankara Adinatha.
Bharath (பரத் சீனிவாசன்) (actor)
Bharath Srinivasan (பரத் சீனிவாசன்) is a Tamil film actor who debuted in S. Shankar's Boys (2003) and broke through with Kaadhal (2004); over 50 films include Pattiyal, Veyil, Kanden Kadhalai, Radhe, and Kaalidas 2.
Bharath Raju
Bharath Raju (Bhupatiraju Bharath Raju, భరత్ రాజు), Telugu supporting actor, younger brother of Ravi Teja; born 1974 Hyderabad, 8 films 2004-2015 including Athade Oka Sainyam and Dohchay; died 24 June 2017 in a car crash on Hyderabad's Outer Ring Road.
Bharatham (ഭരതം)
Bharatham (ഭരതം) is a 1991 Malayalam musical drama directed by Sibi Malayil, written by A.K. Lohithadas, produced by and starring Mohanlal with Nedumudi Venu; music by Raveendran; won 3 National and 5 Kerala State awards. Not the dance troupe Bharatham or the 2024 film Bharathanatyam.
Bharathan (ഭരതൻ)
Bharathan (ഭരതൻ), 1946-1998, Malayalam film director, art director, painter, and composer from Vadakkencherry, Thrissur. Directed about 39 films (Prayaanam, Thakara, Vaishali, Amaram, Thevar Magan), pioneered middle-brow Malayalam cinema with Padmarajan, and won Kerala state awards.
Bharathanatyam (film)
Bharathanatyam (ഭരതനാട്യം) is a 2024 Malayalam comedy-drama directed by debutant Krishnadas Murali, starring Saiju Kurup and Saikumar, about a son protecting his family's reputation; distinct from the 2024 Telugu crime-comedy of the same name.
Bharathanatyam 2 Mohiniyattam
Bharathanatyam 2: Mohiniyattam (മോഹിനിയാട്ടം) is a 2026 Malayalam dark comedy thriller, sequel to Bharathanatyam, directed by Krishnadas Murali, starring Saiju Kurup; released 10 April 2026, streamed on Netflix from 8 May 2026.
Bharathi Kannamma (2019 TV series)
Bharathi Kannamma is an Indian Tamil-language television drama that premiered on Star Vijay in February 2019 and streamed on Disney+ Hotstar, remade from the Malayalam series Karuthamuthu.
Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (ಭಾರತಿ ವಿಷ್ಣುವರ್ಧನ)
Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (ಭಾರತಿ ವಿಷ್ಣುವರ್ಧನ), born 1950 in Bangalore, is an Indian actress of Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Marathi cinema, wife of Dr. Vishnuvardhan, Padma Shri 2017, national award for Sandhya Raga.
Bharathidasan
Bharathidasan (1891–1964), born Kanagasabai Subburathnam, was a Tamil poet, playwright, and rationalist writer from Pondicherry known as Puratchi Kavignar, the Revolutionary Poet, whose verse fueled the Dravidian movement.
Bharathipura
Bharathipura is a 1973 Kannada novel by U. R. Ananthamurthy, his second after Samskara, in which Jagannatha, an England-educated landlord's son, organizes a temple entry for Dalits and fails.
Bharathiraja (பாரதிராஜா)
Bharathiraja (பாரதிராஜா), born Chinnasamy (1941–2026), was a Tamil film director of 16 Vayathinile (1977), pioneer of neo-nativity village cinema, Padma Shri 2004, six National Film Awards.
Bharati (Telugu journal)
Bharati (భారతి) was a Telugu literary monthly magazine founded in January 1924 by Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao of the Andhra Patrika group, published from Madras and Vijayawada until 1991.
Bharatiya Sanskriti
Bharatiya Sanskriti (भारतीय संस्कृती) is a Marathi treatise on Indian culture, written in 1937 by the writer and freedom fighter Sane Guruji and first published by Continental Prakashan of Pune.
Bharhut rail pillar Yakshi
A Bharhut rail pillar Yakshi is a red sandstone railing pillar from the Bharhut stupa in Madhya Pradesh, carved in relief with a female nature deity around 150–100 BCE.
Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata
Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata (ভারত ভাগ্য বিধাতা) is a five-stanza Bengali hymn by Rabindranath Tagore, composed in 1911; its first stanza became India's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, in 1950.
Bhartha Mahasayulaku Wignyapthi
Bhartha Mahasayulaku Wignyapthi (భర్త మహాశయులకు విజ్ఞప్తి, BMW) is a 2026 Telugu comedy drama directed by Kishore Tirumala, starring Ravi Teja, Ashika Ranganath, and Dimple Hayathi, released 13 January 2026 and streaming on ZEE5.
Bharthari
Bharthari (भरथरी) is a folk epic of northern India telling of a king of Ujjain who renounces his throne and worldly life to become a disciple of Guru Gorakhnath.
Bharti Kher
Bharti Kher is a British-Indian contemporary artist, born in London in 1969 and based in New Delhi since 1993, known for sculptures and installations using bindis and found objects.
Bharti Singh (ਭਾਰਤੀ ਸਿੰਘ)
Bharti Singh (ਭਾਰਤੀ ਸਿੰਘ), born 1984 in Amritsar, is an Indian comedian and TV host, the Lalli character of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge 2008, second runner-up, later of Comedy Circus, The Kapil Sharma Show, and host of Laughter Chefs.
Bharud
Bharud (भारूड) is a Marathi devotional poetry genre in which spiritual teaching is delivered through the voice of an ordinary worldly character, especially by the sixteenth-century saint Eknath.
Bharuds of Eknath
The Bharuds of Eknath (एकनाथांचे भारूड) are allegorical, singable devotional poems by the sixteenth-century Marathi saint-poet Eknath of Paithan, who brought the form its greatest popularity.
Bhasa
Bhasa (भास) is one of ancient India's most celebrated Sanskrit dramatists, praised by Kalidasa, known through thirteen plays published in the Trivandrum Sanskrit Series in 1912, including Svapnavasavadatta.
Bhaskar Oru Rascal
Bhaskar Oru Rascal (பாஸ்கர் ஒரு ராஸ்கல்) is a 2018 Tamil action comedy directed by Siddique, remaking his Malayalam hit Bhaskar the Rascal; Arvind Swamy and Amala Paul play single parents matchmade by their children.
Bhaskar the Rascal (ഭാസ്ക്കർ ദ റാസ്ക്കൽ)
Bhaskar the Rascal (ഭാസ്ക്കർ ദ റാസ്ക്കൽ) is a 2015 Malayalam comedy-drama directed by Siddique, starring Mammootty as widower businessman Bhaskar and Nayanthara as Hima; remade in Tamil as Bhaskar Oru Rascal (2018).
Bhatiali
Bhatiali (ভাটিয়ালি), also spelled Bhatiyali, is a Bengali folk-song tradition of Bangladesh and West Bengal, the river song of boatmen, sung in slow, long-drawn notes while drifting on the ebb current.