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Bioscope (2025 film)

Bioscope (பயாஸ்கோப்), subtitled The Story of the Story, is a 2025 Tamil comedy-drama by Sankagiri Rajkumar about the making of his 2011 debut Vengayam; released 3 January 2025, streaming on Aha from 31 January 2025.

Bipasha Basu

Bipasha Basu (বিপাশা বসু), Indian actress and model born 1979 in New Delhi, raised in Kolkata. Won Godrej Cinthol Supermodel 1996; Filmfare Best Female Debut for Ajnabee (2001); hit films Raaz, Jism, Dhoom 2, Race; returns in Hansal Mehta's Barabanki.

Bipasha Basu filmography

Bipasha Basu filmography: over 50 Hindi films by the Indian actress and former model (born 1979), from her debut Ajnabee (2001) and Raaz (2002) through Dhoom 2, Corporate, Race, and Alone (2015), plus the 2020 web series Dangerous.

Bipradas Pipilai

Bipradas Pipilai (বিপ্ৰদাস পিপিলাই) was a 15th-century Bengali poet of the Manasamangal tradition, ranked second to Bijoy Gupta, whose Manasavijay on the goddess Manasa is dated to 1495.

Bīprodās

Bīprodās (বীপ্রদাস) is a Bengali poet credited with a Manasamangal narrative poem glorifying the snake goddess Manasa, and remembered as an early writer to mention the Kalighat shrine.

Biquini Cavadão

Biquini Cavadão is a Brazilian rock band formed in Rio de Janeiro in 1985, led by singer Bruno Gouveia and known for 'Tédio' and 'Vento Ventania'.

Bir Efsane

Bir Efsane is the 1989 debut album and title song of Turkish pop singer Hakan Peker, whose title track became a defining early Turkish pop hit.

Bira 91

Bira 91 is an Indian craft beer brand launched February 2015 by Ankur Jain under B9 Beverages (91 = India's ISD code). It reached the #2 beer brand rank behind Kingfisher, then suffered a financial crisis leading to Kirin's exit and Jain's 2026 departure.

Birago Diop

Birago Diop (1906–1992) was a Senegalese veterinarian, diplomat, and writer who transcribed Wolof oral tales in French in Les Contes d'Amadou Koumba (1947), a central work of Negritude literature.

Biraj Bhatta

Biraj Bhatta (विराज भट्), born Bhojraj Bhatta, also called Viraj Bhatt or Tiger Biraj, is a Nepali action actor, director, and producer from Dhangadhi with 200+ films in Nepali, Bhojpuri, and Tharu cinema; his 2024 film 12 Gaun set a Nepali action box office record.

Birangana

Birangana (বীরাঙ্গনা) is a Bengali hoichoi crime thriller web series directed by Nirjhar Mitra, starring Sandipta Sen as Inspector Chitra Basu hunting serial killers; season 1 premiered 25 July 2025, season 2 on 15 October 2026, distinct from the Bangladeshi Birangona honorific.

Birce Akalay

Birce Akalay (born 1984, Istanbul) is a Turkish actress, Miss Turkey 2004 third-place finisher, and former sports presenter. Known for Havva in Yer Gök Aşk, Lale Kıran in Netflix's Kuş Uçuşu, and Önem in Mezarlık.

Birch beer

Birch beer, also called white birch beer, is a non-alcoholic carbonated soda flavored with birch sap, bark, or oil, chiefly methyl salicylate; a Pennsylvania and Northeast regional wintergreen-flavored cousin of root beer.

Bird (1988 film)

Bird (1988) is Clint Eastwood's biographical drama of jazz saxophonist Charlie "Yardbird" Parker, starring Forest Whitaker and Diane Venora, written by Joel Oliansky, premiered at Cannes 1988, and winner of the Academy Award for Best Sound.

Bird Box (film)

Bird Box (2018) is a Netflix post-apocalyptic thriller directed by Susanne Bier, starring Sandra Bullock as Malorie, based on Josh Malerman's 2014 novel; over 80 million viewers, 64% on Rotten Tomatoes, spinoff Bird Box Barcelona.

Bird Box (novel)

Bird Box (2014) is Josh Malerman's debut post-apocalyptic horror novel, published by Ecco, about Malorie's blindfolded rowboat journey with her two children; adapted into a 2018 Netflix film and followed by the sequel Malorie.

Bird Box Barcelona

Bird Box Barcelona is a 2023 Spanish-language Netflix post-apocalyptic thriller, a parallel spin-off of Bird Box (2018), directed by Àlex and David Pastor, starring Mario Casas, released 14 July 2023.

Bird in Space

Bird in Space (L'Oiseau dans l'espace) is a sculpture series by Constantin Brancusi, begun in marble in 1923, reducing a bird in flight to one elongated polished form.

Bird on a Wire (film)

Bird on a Wire is a 1990 American action-comedy directed by John Badham. It stars Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn in a chase film shot in Vancouver.

Bird Singing Stream

Bird Singing Stream (鸟鸣涧) is a twenty-character Chinese quatrain by the Tang poet Wang Wei, describing a still spring night stirred by falling flowers, moonrise, and bird calls.

Bird-and-flower painting

Bird-and-flower painting (huaniao hua) is one of the three principal genres of traditional Chinese painting, matured in the Song dynasty and later transmitted to Japan.

Bird's Eye (album)

Bird's Eye is Ravyn Lenae's second album (Atlantic, August 9, 2024), 12 songs, 39 minutes, executive produced by Dahi, featuring Childish Gambino and Ty Dolla $ign, genre-blending R&B with a Metacritic score of 83.

Bird's-eye view

Bird's-eye view: a view from directly above, also a 19th-century American drawn city panorama (about 2,400 communities, 1830s-1920s), a 90-degree film camera angle, and a BEV representation in computer vision for autonomous driving.

Birdcage Inn (파란 대문)

Birdcage Inn (파란 대문, Paran Daemun) is Kim Ki-duk's 1998 South Korean drama, his third feature, about a prostitute at a seaside Pohang inn and the innkeeper's daughter; it opened Berlin 1999 Panorama.

Birdeater

Birdeater is a 2023 Australian psychological thriller and debut feature of directors Jack Clark and Jim Weir, in which bride-to-be Irene joins her fiancé Louie's outback bucks party, which turns feral; it won the Sydney Film Festival Audience Award and the 2025 AACTA Best Indie Film award.

Birdemic: Shock and Terror

Birdemic: Shock and Terror is a 2010 independent horror film by James Nguyen, starring Alan Bagh and Whitney Moore, about killer eagles attacking Half Moon Bay; a sub-$10,000 Sundance-rejected cult 'best worst movie'.

Birdman (film)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is Iñárritu's 2014 dark comedy starring Michael Keaton as a washed-up superhero actor staging a Broadway play, filmed to look like one continuous take; it won four Oscars including Best Picture.

Birdman (rapper)

Birdman (rapper), Bryan Williams, also known as Baby, American rapper and CEO who co-founded Cash Money Records in 1991 with Slim Williams; known for the Big Tymers, Like Father Like Son with Lil Wayne, and lawsuits over artist payments.

Birdman and the Galaxy Trio

Birdman and the Galaxy Trio is a 1967 NBC Hanna-Barbera animated series designed by Alex Toth, pairing the sun-powered winged hero Birdman (Ray Randall) with the alien superhero team Vapor Man, Gravity Girl, and Meteor Man aboard Condor One.

Birdman of Alcatraz (film)

Birdman of Alcatraz is a 1962 John Frankenheimer biographical drama starring Burt Lancaster as prisoner Robert Stroud, based on Thomas E. Gaddis's 1955 biography; four Oscar nominations, Volpi Cup, and a disputed, softened portrait of Stroud.