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Bhram

Bhram is a 2019 ZEE5 Original Hindi psychological thriller web series, eight episodes directed by Sangeeth Sivan, starring Kalki Koechlin as novelist Alisha Khanna with PTSD, based on K Hari Kumar's novel, distinct from the 2025 Gujarati film of the same name.

Bhramam

Bhramam (ഭ്രമം) is a 2021 Malayalam black-comedy thriller, the official remake of Andhadhun, directed and shot by Ravi K. Chandran, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran as a fake-blind pianist; released 7 October 2021 on Amazon Prime Video in India.

Bhramargeet

Bhramargeet (भ्रमरगीत), meaning "song of the bumblebee," is a Hindi Krishna lyric in which the gopis of Braj reproach a bee meant for Krishna; Surdas began the tradition.

Bhudev Mukhopadhyay

Bhudev Mukhopadhyay (ভূদেব মুখোপাধ্যায়, 1827–1894) was a Bengali essayist and historian who helped establish the essay as a genre in Bengali and rose to Director of Public Instructions in British India.

Bhumi Pednekar

Bhumi Pednekar (Bhumi Satish Pednekkar, born 1989, Mumbai) is a Hindi film actress who debuted in Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015), starred in Saand Ki Aankh, launched Climate Warrior, and plays DCP Rita Ferreira in Daldal.

Bhumika (भूमिका)

Bhumika (भूमिका, "The Role") is Shyam Benegal's 1977 Hindi drama starring Smita Patil, adapted from Hansa Wadkar's Marathi memoir Sangtye Aika; it won National Awards for Best Actress and Best Screenplay and the 1978 Filmfare Best Film award.

Bhumika Chawla (रचना चावला)

Bhumika Chawla (Rachna Chawla), Indian actress born 1978 in New Delhi; Telugu debut Yuvakudu (2000), known for Kushi, Okkadu, and Tere Naam (2003) opposite Salman Khan; reunited with director Gunasekhar for Euphoria (2026).

Bhupen Hazarika (ভূপেন হাজৰিকা)

Bhupen Hazarika (ভূপেন হাজৰিকা), called Sudhakantha, was an Assamese singer, composer, poet, and filmmaker (1926–2011), posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2019 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1992.

Bhupen Khakhar

Bhupen Khakhar (1934–2003) was an Indian painter and Gujarati writer based in Baroda, often called India's first pop artist and a pioneering openly gay artist.

Bhupi Sherchan

Bhupi Sherchan (भूपी शेरचन; 1935–1989) was a Nepali poet known for satirical free verse criticizing Nepali society and politics; his 1969 collection Ghumne Mech Mathi Andho Manchhe won the Sajha Puraskar.

Bhupinder Babbal

Bhupinder Babbal is a Punjabi folk vocalist from Kurali, near Chandigarh, who gained nationwide fame singing "Arjan Vailly" in the 2023 film Animal, winning the Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer.

Bhushan Kumar

Bhushan Kumar (born 1977, Delhi) is an Indian producer and chairman and managing director of T-Series, the music label his father Gulshan Kumar founded. He took over in 1997 at age 19, built the world's most-subscribed YouTube channel, and expanded into Hindi film production.

Bhutan in the Eurovision Song Contest Asia

Bhutan at Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026: broadcaster BBS, national final Rhythm of Bhutan on 11 August 2026, won by Nyendra with "Lhayi Semo", the contest's first confirmed entry; smallest participating country (about 770,000 people), Grand Final 14 November 2026 in Bangkok.

Bhutanese textiles

Bhutanese textiles are the handwoven fabrics of Bhutan, above all the gho and kira national dress, forming one of the most developed weaving traditions in the Himalayas.

Bhuvan Bam (भुवन बाम)

Bhuvan Bam (भुवन बाम; born Bhuvan Avnindra Shankar Bam in 1994) is an Indian YouTube creator and musician behind BB Ki Vines, the first individual Indian creator to pass 10 million subscribers.

Bhuvan Shome (भुवन सोम)

Bhuvan Shome (भुवन सोम) is Mrinal Sen's 1969 Hindi black-and-white satire, his first Hindi film, starring Utpal Dutt and Suhasini Mulay. FFC-funded for Rs 2 lakh, with Amitabh Bachchan's first paid voiceover, it won three National Film Awards and launched Indian Parallel Cinema.

Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri (film soundtrack)

Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri (புவனா ஒரு கேள்விக்குறி) is the soundtrack of the 1977 Tamil film starring Sivakumar and Rajinikanth, with three songs and title music composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

Bhuvanam Gaganam (ಭುವನಮ್ ಗಗನಮ್)

Bhuvanam Gaganam (ಭುವನಂ ಗಗನಂ) is a 2025 Kannada romantic family drama directed by Gireesh Mulimani, starring Pramod and Pruthvi Ambaar as strangers on a road trip to Kanyakumari; released 14 February 2025, streaming on Zee5 from 31 July 2026.

Bi (jade)

Bi (璧) is a flat, circular Chinese jade disk with a small central hole, one of the earliest Chinese jade forms, buried with high-status individuals and later symbolizing Heaven.

Bi Kidude

Bi Kidude, born Fatuma binti Baraka around 1910, was a Zanzibari taarab singer and leader of unyago initiation rites, widely called the leading female voice of Zanzibari music.

Bi Shumin

Bi Shumin (毕淑敏, born 1952) is a Chinese novelist, essayist, and former army physician whose novels include Red Prescription, Blood Ruby, and The Woman Psychologist.

Bỉ vỏ

Bỉ vỏ is a Vietnamese realist novel by Nguyên Hồng, his first, written in 1935–1936 and first published in 1938, following the village girl Tám Bính into poverty in Hải Phòng.

Bia (rapper)

Bia (Bianca Miquela Landrau, born 1991, Medford, Massachusetts) is an American rapper signed to Epic Records, known for "Whole Lotta Money" with Nicki Minaj, "Best on Earth" with Russ, and her 2025 debut album BIANCA.

Biag ni Lam-ang

Biag ni Lam-ang (Life of Lam-ang) is the Ilocano folk epic of northwestern Luzon, first published by Isabelo de los Reyes in El Ilocano (1889-1890), telling of the hero Lam-ang's birth, vengeance, courtship of Ines Kannoyan, and resurrection.

Bialik Prize

The Bialik Prize (פרס ביאליק) is a literary award the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality grants in literature and Jewish thought, founded in 1933 for the poet Hayim Nahman Bialik's sixtieth birthday.

Bian Gong

Bian Gong (邊貢, 1476–1532) was a Ming dynasty poet, writer, and official from Licheng, Shandong, one of the Former Seven Masters, whose works survive as the Huaquan Collection.

Bian lian (变脸)

Bian lian (变脸, face-changing) is the signature stunt of Sichuan opera: performers switch painted silk masks instantly on stage using wiping, blowing, thread-pulling, and breath techniques. Originating in the 1930s play Guizheng Lou, it is a national intangible cultural heritage, reportedly a 1987 state second-level secret, with a Guinness record of 29 changes.

Bian Zhilin

Bian Zhilin (卞之琳) was a Chinese modernist poet, translator, and scholar who carried new poetry from the Crescent Moon school into 1930s modernism, best known for the poem Duanzhang.

Bianca (song)

Bianca (BIANCA) is a 2025 Italian trap single by RRARI DAL TACCO featuring Kid Yugi, released January 24, 2025; it topped Spotify Italy, reached number 2 on FIMI/GfK, and leads the album NON SONO GESÙ.

Bianca Censori

Bianca Censori (born 1995) is an Australian architect, University of Melbourne-trained, who led architecture at Yeezy from 2020, reportedly married Ye in late 2022, and debuted the performance work BIO POP in Seoul in 2025.