Bikas Ranjan Mishra is an Indian screenwriter and film director. His first feature film ''

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'' released in January 2016. The film won awards at

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and

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(IFFLA). His short film Dance of Ganesha had its world premiere at the 16th

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, and its European premiere at the 41st

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. 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

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's ''Pagla Ghoda'' which is on

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. His upcoming film Bayaan_film starring

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is currently in post-production.

Filmography

*'' Dance of Ganesha'' (2011) *''

'' (2014) *''Pagla Ghoda'' (2017) *''Guy in the Sky'' (2017)

Awards

*2011 NFDC Incredible India Award for ''Chauranga'' *2014 Best Film (India Gold) at 16th

2014 for

*2015 Grand Jury Prize at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles

References

External links

* Indian film critics Living people Hindi-language film directors Indian male screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) {{india-film-director-stub