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.

Planet Bollywood

"No film industry can survive on tentpole films alone" - Bayaan director Bikas Ranjan Mishra - Planet Bollywood

Bikas Ranjan Mishra waited nearly a decade to direct his second feature film. After making his debut with ‘Chauranga’ (2016), an acclaimed drama that examined caste violence, Mishra returns with…

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.

Mumbai Mirror

Bayaan shows courage, redeems Bollywood

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.

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

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.'