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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 Busan. The film is currently in international festival circulation.

His debut feature Chauranga won the Grand Jury Prize at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles and Best Indian Feature at MAMI (2014). His short film Dance of Ganesha screened at Clermont-Ferrand, IFFR, and Busan.

A former film critic, he served on the Visionary Jury of Critics' Week at Cannes in 2012. He has been mentoring screenwriters at the NFDC Screenwriters' Lab since 2018.

Represented by Collective Artists Network.

In The News

‘Bayaan’ Director Bikas Ranjan Mishra: ‘Festival Films are Too Independent for the Mainstream System and Too Ambitious for the Ultra-Low-Budget Space’

Variety India

‘Bayaan’ Director Bikas Ranjan Mishra: ‘Festival Films are Too Independent for the Mainstream System and Too Ambitious for the Ultra-Low-Budget Space’

The filmmaker speaks about the harsh realities of festival films in India ahead of the SXSW London screening of his Huma Qureshi-starrer thriller drama.

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Sundar Prize Film Festival honours Bayaan as Best Feature Film – Narrative Live Action - Pancouver

Pancouver

Sundar Prize Film Festival honours Bayaan as Best Feature Film – Narrative Live Action - Pancouver

The Sundar Prize Film Festival aims to raise awareness and inspire action on critical social causes and issues.

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Bayaan shows courage, redeems Bollywood

Mumbai Mirror

Bayaan shows courage, redeems Bollywood

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Bayaan: Huma Qureshi’s new movie creates history at TIFF 2025, becomes only Indian film to… | Mint

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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Huma Qureshi's 'Bayaan' To Have World Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2025

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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Huma Qureshi, ‘Bayaan’ Team Reveal Toronto Indian Thriller’s Real-World Inspiration: ‘Trying to Make Sense of the Systemic Patriarchy’

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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