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Trapped (2016)

Trapped poster
Original title
ट्रैप्ड
Directed by
Vikramaditya Motwane
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 138 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A man gets locked inside his high-rise apartment with no food, water, or electricity. He must find a way to survive as the days pass with no one coming to help him.

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What happens

Trapped is a 2016 Indian survival drama film directed by Vikramaditya Motwane, who also co-produced it with Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl and Madhu Mantena under the banner of Phantom Films. The film stars Rajkummar Rao as a call centre employee who gets trapped in his apartment room without food, water, and electricity, and Geetanjali Thapa as his girlfriend. Motwane got the idea for the film from an e-mail from writer Amit Joshi. He liked the idea and asked Joshi to send a full script, which he received a month later. The script was later re-written by Joshi and Hardik Mehta who turned the 130-page draft into 40 pages. Trapped was primarily shot over a period of 20 days, at an apartment in Mumbai. The film's music and background score were composed by Alokananda Dasgupta, with lyrics by Rajeshwari Dasgupta. Siddharth Diwan was the cinematographer, and Nitin Baid was the editor. Trapped premiered on 26 October 2016 at the Mumbai Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation. It was released in theatres on 17 March 2017 to positive reviews from critics, who praised both the concept of the film and Rao's performance. It grossed a total of ₹3.53 crore (US$370,000) at the box office. The film received several awards, including the Critics Award for Best Actor for Rao, Best Sound Design for Anish John and Best Editing Award for Nitin Baid, at the 63rd Filmfare Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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