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Bayaan
2026Writer & Director
Writer & Director
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Bikas Mishra
Writer & Director
Bikas Mishra's latest feature, Bayaan (2025), premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and had its Asian premiere at the Busan International Film Festival. The film is currently travelling to festivals around the world.
Based in Mumbai, Bikas made his debut with Chauranga, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles and was awarded Best Indian Feature at the Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI) in 2014. His short film Naach Ganesh (Dance of Ganesha) screened at leading international festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand, IFFR, and Busan.
A former film critic, he served on the Visionary Jury of the Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012. Bikas has been mentoring screenwriters at the NFDC Screenwriters' Lab since 2018.
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Mumbai Mirror
Bayaan shows courage, redeems Bollywood
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mint
Bayaan: Huma Qureshi’s new movie creates history at TIFF 2025, becomes only Indian film to… | Mint
Huma Qureshi's film Bayaan, a police thriller directed by Bikas Ranjan Mishra, will premiere at TIFF 2025. It features notable actors like Chandrachur Singh and Sachin Khedekar.
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The Hollywood Reporter India
Huma Qureshi's 'Bayaan' To Have World Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2025
The 2025 Toronto International Film Festival will bring Indian cinema to the forefront with the world premiere of Bayaan, a police procedural thriller headlined
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Variety
Huma Qureshi, ‘Bayaan’ Team Reveal Toronto Indian Thriller’s Real-World Inspiration: ‘Trying to Make Sense of the Systemic Patriarchy’
Star Huma Qureshi, director Bikas Ranjan Mishra and producer Shiladitya Bora discuss cult leader inspiration behind Toronto police thriller 'Bayaan.'
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