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Biharilal Chakraborty

Biharilal Chakraborty was a Bengali poet of Kolkata, a pioneer of modern Bengali lyric poetry remembered as the poetic guru of Rabindranath Tagore, who called him the bird of dawn.

Bihu Attack

Bihu Attack (बिहू अटैक) is a 2026 Hindi action-drama directed by Suzad Iqbal Khan, starring Dev Menaria, Daisy Shah, Arbaaz Khan, and Rahul Dev, about a court-martial officer stopping a terrorist strike during Assam's Bihu festival; released 16 January 2026 and a box-office failure.

Bihu songs

Bihu songs, known in Assamese as bihugit or bihu geet, are the folk songs of Assam, India, sung mainly during the Rongali Bihu festival of the Assamese New Year in April.

BIIANCO

BIIANCO is the professional name of New York-born DJ, producer, and singer Gabrielle Bianco, whose 2023 track 'Against The Wall' went viral and who signed to Ultra Records in 2024.

BIIRD

BIIRD is an Irish traditional music group of eleven members formed in 2024 by Lisa Canny, dubbed the "Spice Girls of trad" for changing the narrative around women in the genre.

Bijak

The Bijak (बीजक) is the principal collection of the verses of Kabir, the fifteenth-century weaver-poet of Varanasi, and the most sacred scripture of the Kabir Panth religious order.

Bijan Elahi

Bijan Elahi (بیژن الهی; 1945–2010) was an Iranian modernist poet and translator, a leading figure of the Other Poetry movement who published almost no poetry in his lifetime.

Bijan Jalali

Bijan Jalali (بیژن جلالی, 1928–1999) was an Iranian modernist poet born in Tehran, a pioneer of she'r-e sepid (white verse), known for short, simple, prose-like poems on solitude and death.

Bijan Mortazavi

Bijan Mortazavi (بیژن مرتضوی) is an Iranian virtuoso violinist, singer, and composer based in California since 1985, who in 1994 became the first Iranian performer at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

Bijapur painting

Bijapur painting is the Deccani court painting tradition of the 'Adil Shahi sultanate of Bijapur in India, flourishing from about 1560 to 1680 under Muslim patronage.

Bijelo Dugme

Bijelo Dugme is a Yugoslav rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1974, led by guitarist Goran Bregović, fusing hard rock with folk motifs in what critics called shepherd rock.

Biji

Biji (笔记, "brush notes") is a Chinese genre of miscellaneous prose recording anecdotes, observations, and jottings in short entries, reaching its peak in the Song dynasty.

Bijinga

Bijinga (美人画, "pictures of beautiful women") is a Japanese genre of painting and woodblock prints depicting beautiful women, which grew out of ukiyo-e in the Edo period (1603-1868).

Bijou Phillips

Bijou Lilly Phillips (born 1980) is an American actress, model, and singer, daughter of Mamas and the Papas founder John Phillips; known for Almost Famous, Bully, and two kidney transplants, 2017 and 2026.

Biju Menon (ബിജു മേനോൻ)

Biju Menon (ബിജു മേനോൻ), born 1970 in Thrissur, Kerala, is a Malayalam film actor, producer, and singer with over 100 films since his 1995 debut Puthran, known for Ayyappanum Koshiyum, Vellimoonga, and Aarkkariyam.

Bikaner school of painting

The Bikaner school of painting is a sub-school of Rajasthani miniature painting that arose at the Bikaner court around 1650 and is distinguished by its unusually direct borrowing from Mughal painting.

Bikash Bhattacharjee

Bikash Bhattacharjee (বিকাশ ভট্টাচার্য) was an Indian painter from Kolkata, known for photorealist and surrealist depictions of middle-class city life, including the Doll series of 1971.

Biker (film)

Biker (Telugu: బైకర్) is a 2026 Telugu motocross sports drama directed by Abhilash Reddy Kankara, starring Sharwanand, Rajasekhar, and Malvika Nair, produced by UV Creations, released April 3, 2026, and billed as India's first motocross film.

Biker Mice from Mars

Biker Mice from Mars, also known as Biker Mice, is a 1993–1996 American animated series created by Rick Ungar about Martian mouse bikers Throttle, Modo, and Vinnie fighting the Plutarkians in Chicago, with a 2006 revival and Nacelle reboot announced in 2023.

Bikini

Bikini: two-piece women's swimsuit with bra top and navel-baring bottoms, introduced in Paris July 5, 1946 by engineer Louis Réard and rival Jacques Heim's Atome, named after Bikini Atoll's nuclear tests.

Bikini barista

Bikini barista, also called sexpresso or bareista, is a drive-through coffee stand format staffed by scantily clad employees, originating near Seattle in 1999 with Natte Latte and concentrated in Washington, marked by tip-based earnings and the Everett dress-code litigation.

Bikini Kill

Bikini Kill, American feminist punk band formed 1990 in Olympia, Washington, active to 1997 and reunited since 2019; Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail, Kathi Wilcox, Billy Karren; instigators of the riot grrrl movement and the phrase "girl power."

Bikini variants

Bikini variants: styles of the two-piece swimsuit introduced by Louis Réard in 1946, including string bikini, monokini, tankini, tanga, thong, bandeau, halter, triangle, and underwire tops, with support and coverage differences.

Bikramjeet Kanwarpal

Bikramjeet Kanwarpal (Bizz Kanwarpal), Indian film and TV character actor and retired Indian Army Major who served in the Kargil war; debuted in Paap (2003), known for Don, Murder 2, 24, and Special Ops; died of COVID-19 in 2021 at 52.

Bil Keane

Bil Keane (William Aloysius Keane, 1922–2011), American cartoonist who created the single-panel comic The Family Circus in 1960, drew it from his family, pioneered the dotted-line Sunday panels, won the 1982 Reuben Award, and was succeeded by son Jeff Keane.

Bilal (American singer)

Bilal Sayeed Oliver, known professionally as Bilal, is an American singer and producer from Philadelphia spanning neo-soul, jazz, and hip-hop; he won a Grammy with Kendrick Lamar in 2016.

Bilal Abbas Khan (بلال عباس خان)

Bilal Abbas Khan (بلال عباس خان), born 1993 in Karachi, is a Pakistani actor of Urdu television and film. Breakthrough as Qasim in O Rangreza (2017); hits include Cheekh, Pyar Ke Sadqay, Ishq Murshid, and Meri Zindagi Hai Tu; three Lux Style Awards; NAPA-trained, ex-model.

Bilal Ali

Bilal Ali is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and composer, lead vocalist of the Karachi alternative rock band Kashmir, winners of Pepsi Battle of the Bands in 2017.

Bilal Ashraf (بلال اشرف)

Bilal Ashraf (بلال اشرف), born 1979 in Karachi, is a Pakistani actor, producer, and visual effects director known for Janaan, Yalghaar, Rangreza, Superstar, and the telefilm Aik Hai Nigar.

Bilal Hassani

Bilal Hassani (بلال حسني), born 1999 in Orsay, France, is a singer and former YouTuber who won Destination Eurovision 2019 and represented France at Eurovision in Tel Aviv with "Roi".