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A stolen baby, two brothers on the run, and a mother whose desperation hides something more disturbing than grief, “Stolen” doesn’t just drop a trailer, it throws us into a full-blown nightmare.
The teaser opens with the kind of chaos that instantly hooks you. Picture an unusually quiet Indian railway station, early morning, bleakly lit, and the jarring noise of an approaching train cutting through the air. A baby vanishes in the blink of an eye. In the next frame, we see Abhishek Banerjee (yes, the guy who’s been stealing scenes in everything lately, from big hits like ‘Stree’ to the underrated comedy-series ‘The Great Weddings of Munnes’) being shoved and yelled at by a raging mob. Is he the kidnapper? Or just in the wrong place at the worst possible time?
From here, the trailer goes full throttle.
Banerjee’s character, Gautam, teams up with his younger brother Raman (played by Shubham Bansal), trying to make sense of the accusation, but the deeper they dig, the messier it gets. Bloodied, breathless, and barely staying ahead of the next blow, the brothers are thrown headfirst into a gritty chase filled with ruthless goons baying for their blood. The plot thickens not with revelations, but with more questions. What were the brothers even doing there? Why does the mother, Jhumpa (played by the riveting Mia Maelzer), alternate between victim and enigma? And are we sure the baby was even taken by strangers?
And just when you think you’ve figured out the direction the trailer’s headed, it punches you with brutal imagery: a bloodied Abhishek Banerjee being beaten mercilessly, wide-eyed with fear and confusion. There’s something deeply unsettling about these moments. That’s probably where director Karan Tejpal wants us: uncomfortably invested.
Backing Tejpal’s directorial vision is a powerhouse production team featuring names like Anurag Kashyap, Kiran Rao, Nikkhil Advani, and Vikramaditya Motwane. With that kind of backing, we are going to assume and hope that “Stolen” is not aiming for your average thriller template. This looks like the kind of indie-leaning, high-intensity ride that brings commentary and chaos in equal measure.
According to the official synopsis, the story starts with Gautam arriving at a station to pick up his brother for a wedding. But instead of a family reunion, he’s caught in a stranger’s tragedy, a baby’s disappearance, a mother’s cry for help, and a mistaken identity that turns his day upside down. Raman wants to do the right thing. Gautam? Not so much. But soon, it’s too late to opt out.
Is this a tale of social injustice and profiling? Or a layered con where everyone’s motives are murky? “Stolen” looks grounded, grim, and eerily realistic. If the trailer is anything to go by, it is not just about a missing baby. The film is scheduled for a June 4 release, you can watch the trailer on YouTube, it’s also embedded below.
