BAFTA pays tribute to Rishi Kapoor & Irrfan Khan, fans get 'emotional'

The 74th British Academy Film Awards paid tributes to late Bollywood actors Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor in their 'In Memorium' segment during the Sunday night ceremony.

Sharing screen grabs from the presentation ceremony, fans took to social media expressing their grief and pride at the actors being honoured at the awards night.

Irrfan Khan died on April 29 last year after battling neuroendocrine tumour for two years. A day later, Rishi Kapoor died of cancer.

BAFTA also posthumously honoured George Segal, Sean Connery, and Chadwick Boseman among others.