Incognito: Director Ravi Muppa reveals the real-life inspiration behind short film
Ravi Muppa on Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane praising Incognito: ‘It’s encouraging’
16 July,2026 08:05 AM IST | Mumbai  | Priyanka Sharma
Incognito, directed by debutant Ravi Muppa and presented by Anurag Kashyap, premiered on YouTube on July 15. Inspired by real-life incidents, the short follows a motel receptionist forced to choose between saving a trafficking victim or protecting himself
A still from ‘Incognito’. Pics/By Special Arrangement, Shadab Khan, Instagram
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When debutant filmmaker Ravi Muppa read about a girl rescued from human traffickers because a flight attendant noticed signs that something wasn’t right, he immediately knew he wanted to explore it on the screen. As he began developing the story, he found himself thinking about the discovery of hidden cameras in hotel rooms and other supposedly private spaces. From there, was born Incognito, Muppa’s short film that premièred on YouTube on July 15
“The film isn’t about human trafficking or voyeurism. It’s about complicity – about what happens when an ordinary person is confronted with an impossible moral choice,” said the director. The short follows a motel receptionist who profits off hidden-cam videos, until he records a girl in danger of being trafficked and must decide whether to save her or protect himself
Incognito has been presented by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane. Kashyap is also curating Oh Flip Shorts, the YouTube channel on which the short is streaming. It is backed by producer Ranjan Singh
About the filmmakers’ involvement, Muppa said, “Anurag Kashyap’s appreciation of the film was encouraging. Vikramaditya Motwane messaged me saying how much he enjoyed it.”
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