Bikas Mishra

Bikas Mishra
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Bikas Ranjan Mishra
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, director
Notable work	Chauranga, Naach Ganesha
Awards	India 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).

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 upcoming film Bayaan starring Huma Qureshi is selected in the Discovery section of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival and will have its World premiere in September 2025. ^[1]

Filmography

• Dance of Ganesha (2011)
• Chauranga (2014)
• Pagla Ghoda (2017)
• Guy in the Sky (2017)
• Bayaan (2025)

Awards

• 2011 NFDC Incredible India Award for Chauranga ^[2]
• 2014 Best Film (India Gold) at 16th Mumbai Film Festival 2014 for Chauranga
• 2015 Grand Jury Prize at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles

References

1. John Hazelton (23 July 2025). "Toronto film festival unveils Discovery selection with 23 world premieres". ScreenDaily . Retrieved 29 July 2025.
2. Kamath, Sudhish (2 December 2011). "The Saturday Interview — Against the grain". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

External links

• Bikas Mishra at IMDb