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.
