Bikas Mishra

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Bikas Mishra
Bikas Mishra at TIFF 2025 01.jpg
Mishra in 2025
NationalityIndian
Other namesBikas Ranjan Mishra
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, director
Notable workChauranga, Naach Ganesha
AwardsIndia Gold (Mumbai Film Festival 2014), Grand Jury Prize at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA 2015), Best Project at Film Bazaar, Goa 2011
Website bikasmishra.com

Bikas Ranjan Mishra is an Indian screenwriter and film director. His first feature film Chauranga released in January 2016. The film won awards at Mumbai Film Festival and Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA).

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Mishra (second from right), IFFI (2013) Quasim Virjee, Bikas Mishra & Rahul Jain addressing at the 44th India International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2013), in Panaji, Goa on November 26, 2013.jpg
Mishra (second from right), IFFI (2013)

Career

His short film Dance of Ganesha had its world premiere at the 16th Busan International Film Festival, and its European premiere at the 41st International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film was also shown at Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival in France. He is a recipient of the Hubert Bals Fund for script development.

He has directed a film adaptation of renowned Bengali playwright Badal Sarkar's Pagla Ghoda which is on Hotstar.

His 2025 film Bayaan starring Huma Qureshi was selected in the Discovery section of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival and will have its World premiere on 7 September 2025. [1]

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorWriterNotes
2011 Dance of Ganesha YesYes
2014 Chauranga YesYes
2017Pagla GhodaYesYesBased on Badal Sircar's classic play
2017Guy in the SkyYesYes
2025 Bayaan YesYesPremiered at the TIFF [2]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ John Hazelton (23 July 2025). "Toronto film festival unveils Discovery selection with 23 world premieres". ScreenDaily . Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  2. ↑ Justin Rao (28 July 2025). "Huma Qureshi's 'Bayaan' To Have World Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2025". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Kamath, Sudhish (2 December 2011). "The Saturday Interview — Against the grain". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 June 2012.


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