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| name = Bijoy Ketan Mishra<br />
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| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| occupation = [[Film Director]], Media Professional<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1959}}<br />
| spouse = Suravi Mishra <br />
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}}'''Bijoy Ketan Mishra''' is a director of art films in [[Odia language|Odia]], in [[Orissa, India]]. He is also an independent media production professional. He is the Resident Editor of the [[Odisha|Orissa]] edition of the Newspaper, ''Political and Business Daily''.<ref>http://pbdodisha.in/</ref><br />
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Mishra's maiden directional effort is ''Ahalya'' (The Words of Silence), a movie depicting the mute suffering of a hapless woman, widowed in her childhood. The movie is based on a short story in [[Oriya language|Oriya]] of the same name written by Laxmipriya Acharya.<br />
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''Ahalya'' came to limelight when it was picked up by the jury of 30th Indian Film Festival of India for its Indian Panorama section in feature film category. The screening of ''Ahalya'' during the festival was met with positive response from the international audience. Subsequently, the movie has been shown in many other festivals, most recently at the SPARROW festival in Mumbai, under the 'One River Many Streams' category.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121104002730/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/28/stories/2007012801650200.htm , SPAROW Festival news In The Hindu</ref><br />
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Mishra was born in 1959 in [[Cuttack district]] of [[Odisha|Orissa]]. He has completed his graduation from [[Ravenshaw College]], [[Cuttack]] and post graduation from [[University of Delhi]], [[Delhi]] in [[Psychology]]. Mishra has produced many documentary films in the last 15 years, the most notable being "Sachi Raut Roy" for [[Sahitya Akademi]].<ref>http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/projects-schemes/video_films_on_authors.jsp {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161928/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/projects-schemes/video_films_on_authors.jsp |date=21 July 2011 }}, Sahitya Akademi website</ref> He is making a biographical film on Pandit [[Gopabandhu Das]], Orissa's renowned social worker, educationist and politician. Mishra edits an Oriya features magazine 'Orissa Now' in both print and web formats.<ref>http://odishanow.in/ , Orissa Now</ref> He has edited a book of features on [[Odisha|Orissa]] named 'Orissa File: Making Sense of a State in Motion.'<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Odisha-File-Making-Sense-Motion/dp/1480109304/ref=la_B0045PT9Y4_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1352136665&sr=1-2 , Orissa File</ref> Another notable book edited by him is "Editor's Time Capsule" (2013). Mishra has attended workshops and seminars in [[India]], [[Japan]] and [[Sri Lanka]].<br />
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Mishra lives in [[Bhubaneswar]] with his wife, a son and a daughter.<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
*''Ahalya'' (The Words of Silence)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1459824/ Internet Movie Database]<br />
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