A child's name becomes his prison in this Kafkaesque nightmare of Indian bureaucracy.
Kosa is a young boy who lives with his family in the forest heartlands of India. One day, he is picked up by the police. The charge? Kosa’s name is similar to that of a Maoist commander. Will the farcical trial that follows prove his innocence or confirm he’s a criminal?
Acting
Kunal Bhange's silent bewilderment breaks you.
Direction
Priyadarshi lets horror hide in mundane procedure.
Cinematography
Forest freedom vs. institutional claustrophobia.
Director
Mohit Priyadarshi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film draws from real incidents of Adivasi (tribal) youth detained under false Maoist charges in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, where suspicion alone functions as evidence.
Muchaki is a real tribe; using a specific tribal name rather than generic 'tribal boy' forces viewers to confront particular erasure. The director is of Adivasi descent himself.
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