Stolen

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Stolen

Stolen

India 2023 Fiction Cor 94 min.

In the early hours of a cold morning, at a remote train station in India, three lives are changed forever. Jhumpa Mahato, a simple woman with a dark past, has her five-month-old baby ripped from her arms. Photographer Raman is the sole witness to the incident. He feels deep empathy for Jhumpa —unlike his spoiled younger brother, Gautam, who arrives at the station to pick him up after the event and shows no compassion for her. The brothers’ fragile relationship is further strained when they become involved in Jhumpa’s search for her child. Together with her, they navigate the dark underbelly of society, leaving behind their sheltered, privileged lives to confront the harshness of reality.

Presented at the Venice International Film Festival.

India family drama social inequality social portrait international film festivals motherhood siblings

direction

Karan Tejpal

screenplay

Karan Tejpal, Agadbumb, Gaurav Dhingra

cinematography

Isshaan Ghosh

editing

Shreyas Beltangdy

sound design

Susmit Bob Nath

music

Árpád Bondy

production design

Neeraj Kumar Singh

cast

Abhishek Banerjee, Shubham, Mia Maelzer, Harish Khanna, Sahidur Rahaman

production

Gaurav Dhingra

produced by

Jungle Book Studio

world sales

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contact

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indicative rating

16