Alia Bhatt to present at 79th BAFTA Awards; to join Cillian Murphy, Kate Hudson, among others

The ceremony, officially called the EE BAFTA Film Awards, will celebrate excellence in international cinema and is scheduled for February 22 at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

Taking to Instagram, Bhatt shared the official BAFTA post and wrote, “100 points if you can spot me.”

She joins a star-studded lineup of guest presenters, including Alicia Vikander, Bryan Cranston, Cillian Murphy, Kate Hudson, Sadie Sink, Patrick Dempsey, Delroy Lindo, Emily Watson, Ethan Hawke, Gillian Anderson, Glenn Close, Hannah Waddingham, Monica Bellucci, Rege-Jean Page, Riz Ahmed, and Stellan Skarsgård.

In addition to Bhatt, Indian filmmaker Lakshmipriya Devi will attend the ceremony.

Her Manipuri-language film ‘Boong’, nominated in the Best Children’s and Family Film category, tells the story of a young boy from Manipur who plans to surprise his mother with a gift.

The film is backed by actors-producers Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani under their banner Excel Entertainment, and will compete against Disney hits Lilo & Stitch and Zootopia 2, as well as the animated science-fantasy film Arco.