Namaskar steals spotlight as Alia presents at BAFTAsBollywood star Alia Bhatt, who made her debut at the 79th edition of the BAFTA Awards as a presenter, surprised the audience by starting her speech in Hindi.As the videos from the event, which took place on Sunday at London’s Royal Festival Hall surfaced online, several users went on to praise the actor. “Namaskar! Agla award ek aisi film ke liye hai, jo angrezi mein nahi hai,” she is heard saying in the video. “Don’t reach for the subtitles just yet. I was only saying in Hindi that the next award is for a film not in the English language. Because while film speaks in countless voices, what we always celebrate is the language of cinema. And that one we all speak fluently. And the incredible nominees are,” she further added.Bhatt presented the Best Film not in English Language category BAFTA to Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier for his film Sentimental Value. “We live in a time when images are thrown at us at the rapid speed we could imagine. A lot of these images are seen on our phones and a lot of these images are trying to sell us the ideas, things, ideology and they are seeking us out to try to use the moving image for that. I feel that the films this year are the films that are made for deep viewing, for humanist viewing where we can sit together in rooms like this and experience to see the other, hopefully, through empathy, curiosity and open up the possibility of the theatrical experience for that,” Trier said while accepting the award.Bhatt opted for a custom silver Gucci dress and complemented it with a white stole for the ceremony. Bhatt was among a star-studded lineup of celebrities as presenters, which included the names of Alicia Vikander, Bryan Cranston, Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson and Monica Bellucci.