Deepika Padukone Will Be Presenting An Award at The Upcoming Star Studded BAFTA Awards 2024

Actress Deepika Padukone has been chosen to be one of the presenters at the upcoming 77th British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards. The awards will be held on February 18. 

The awards are scheduled to take place at London's Royal Festive Hall. 

Other stars who’ll be giving Deepika company are David Beckham, Cate Blanchett and Dua Lipa.

They will be presenting one award each. 

Deepika shared the list of presenters on her Instagram story: Adjoa Andoh, Cate Blanchett, David Beckham, Deepika Padukone, Dua Lipa, Emma Corrin, Gillian Anderson, Himesh Patel, Hugh Grant, Idris Elba, Indira Varma, Jack O'Connell, Kingsley Ben-Adir,  Lily Collins, Andrew Scott and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Former ‘Doctor Who’ star David Tennant will host the star studded event. 

This is not the first time that Deepika is taking the stage on an international platform. Previously, she attended the Oscar Awards 2023 and presented the popular ‘Naatu Naatu’ song from the famous telugu film RRR which eventually won the Oscar for ‘Best Original Song Score.’

Indian viewers can watch the awards at Lionsgate Play which will stream the event on February 19 at 12:30 am. 

With regards to nominations,‘Oppenheimer’ is leading the pack with 13 BAFTA nominations followed by ‘Poor Things’ with 11 nominations, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon' and ‘The Zone of Interest’ share 9 nominations each. 

Samantha Morton and June Givanni are the only two recipients who know in advance that they have to make speeches. They are receiving the BAFTA Fellowship and an outstanding British contribution to cinema honour, respectively.