Mohit Priyadarshi

Cinephile, writer, filmmaker, in that order. Art can't only be for art's sake. Love stories, football & the Arsenal.

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

Even in such worrying times, I'm excited to tell you all that my first feature, Kosa, is premiering @Raindance! Cinema doesn’t have to only cater to our consumerist needs; it can be a means of resistance & agitation. We can counter disinformation in media with truth in cinema.

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

Hi @IndiGo6E You still haven't responded to my last tweet despite me DMing you all the details. There is no way I can reach you because you'd just not connect me to customer care. Being incompetent/making mistakes is fine but at least owe up and be answerable to your customers!

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

@IndiGo6E @IndiGo6E I've DMed you the details. I'm expecting you to provide and update and get the luggage.

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

@IndiGo6E I’m in Copenhagen still waiting for my luggage. It has essential medicines and winter clothes.
A 4-hour delay in Delhi made me miss my connection; you rebooked me on Etihad but my bags are still stuck in Mumbai with ZERO communication.
A very distressing experience.

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

@IndiGo6E @IndiGo6E Your helpline is constantly unreachable. Still no word on my luggage with medicines.
No company that treats customers like this can call itself serious. Are you serious about operating international flights?

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

995 hate speech events in 2024 were first shared on social media.

While this is the reality, the nation is losing its mind over an unfunny joke on a YouTube show. CM-level outrage, FIRs across states, news channels running it on loop. Manufactured outrage at its finest.

[India Hate Lab @indiahatelab]

995 out of 1,165 hate speech events in 2024 were first shared or live streamed on social media platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and X, with Facebook leading at 495 events.

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

@CebuPacificAir They are saying they are unable to help even if it's a genuine error and I reached an hour within having made the booking. @CebuPacificAir

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

Hi @CebuPacificAir, Hi, I accidentally booked tickets for 9th Nov instead of 9th Dec for a special trip with my partner. The tickets are non-refundable, and we can’t travel on the November dates. Is there any way to adjust this? Any help would be hugely appreciated.🙏

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

I think I've just had the best cab ride of my life. I was in a rush to catch a flight when I stepped into Abdul bhai's cab. And look what I was greeted to: snacks, drinks, toffees, medicines, even cardamoms! He is a lovely person to talk to and he made my day. ❤️

[The Hindu Cinema @TheHinduCinema]

Inspired from a real incident, filmmaker #MohitPriyadarshi tells the larger story of Adivasis in the country’s heartland, who are caught in the crossfire between the establishment and the corporates on one side, and the Maoists on the other

#Kosa
#IFFK

https://t.co/SRgpmunT3A.

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

I'm so stoked with the overwhelming response to our film Kosa at KIFF. Please make this your Sunday long read :)

[Firstpost @firstpost]

'Kosa is not so much about the crossfire between the State and Naxals but more about a Constitution promising rights to its people and then successive governments not living up to even a word of it,' @mohitprior tells @arshiadhar

https://t.co/fxhghJ37pA

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

@bluehearthfire Hey, the film will have its Indian premiere at KIFF next month! After that, I hope it'll be more easily accessible.

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

❤️

[Scroll.in @scroll_in]

In ‘Kosa’, too little democracy as a teenager from Bastar is wrongly arrested for being a Maoist https://t.co/VOkUR2eYH7 via @TheReel_in

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

The premiere is today!

[Raindance Film Festival @Raindance]

Kosa, a touching feature part of our strand Politico is premiering today at #Raindance2020! Directed by @mohitprior
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Watch it at 4pm UK TIME 👇
https://t.co/4dByF2WKl5

[Raindance Film Festival @Raindance]

🎥Two more exclusive #RaindanceLive tomorrow!

📽At 1pm UK TIME with Priyadarshi Mohit, Director of ‘Kosa’, part of our strand “Politico”.

🎞At 5pm with Brandon Colvin, Director of “A Dim Valley”, part of our strand “Queer”.

Only on https://t.co/CheiPjAYc2

#Raindance2020

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

Here it is!

Kosa is a film about the bizarre travails of a teenage Adivasi boy accused of being a 30-year-old Maoist commander by the local police!

Dedicated to the Adivasi people & indigenous communities of our world...

https://t.co/YurVgJg9Ot

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

@tiger13295 @Raindance It won't yet be screened in India at the premiere. It'll be shown online in UK & the rest of Europe, Africa & South America. I'm very hopeful of bringing it to India soon after. Will update.

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

Even in such worrying times, I'm excited to tell you all that my first feature, Kosa, is premiering @Raindance! Cinema doesn’t have to only cater to our consumerist needs; it can be a means of resistance & agitation. We can counter disinformation in media with truth in cinema.

[Raindance Film Festival @Raindance]

THE TRAILER IS HERE!
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We said we will never stop, and we won’t! #NoStoppingUs #Raindance2020
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https://t.co/dJhoZ9VIAm

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

but what was even-more awe-inspiring for me was his sense of deep humanism. His concern for the oppressed communities was genuine and urgent. We must celebrate such people, not put them behind bars. #ReleaseVaraVararao (2/2)

[Mohit Priyadarshi @mohitprior]

I don’t know Varavara Rao personally but I met him during a lecture he gave in JNU a few years ago. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but I was spellbound by this old man’s breadth of knowledge and experience. His grasp of political theories and histories was evident, but 1/2