Review of Trapped . . .

Review of Trapped . . . 

VikramAditya Motawane's debut Udaan was a gem. I loved that critically acclaimed dark treat. His next was poetic drama Lootera i liked that film too. His these two previous works made me big fan of his direction. Once again i feel proud of him today. His third film he gave Trapped and this time also i liked his efforts. Produced by Phantom Films Trapped iz not everyone's cup of tea but i found it very good as i loved some films which iz only about a main protagonist e.g. Cast Away. Tom Hanks' Cast Away was adventurous solo drama where he stays away from his land to another but this iz a story of a man who gets locked himself in an empty apartment in one of the areas of Mumbai where he was searching for a room to get settled with his girl friend. It differs from Cast Away because here many people(Mumbaikars) surrounded around him in tallest buildings but still he finds himself alone there. 

It's small film size wise and budget wise too. Phantom films as always prove that a film can be made at lowest possible cost and this time too they managed to make a worthy film under fixed small budget. No more casting, Not much outdoor sequences, no more extra songs and they only focused on whatever they wanted to show in the script. Only one protagonist iz there and few other actors which have very few time screen sharing. In whole film we only see our hero Rajkumar Rao who stucks in apartment and tries hard to escape from it. when he gets locked inside the apartment to the end each scene iz engaging and nail biting. Climax iz fab. His flashbacks, rat scenes, how he tries to deliver message to the watchman and others that he iz locked at the top floor of this building iz brilliantly directed. Very well edited film which has length of around 100 minutes only without an interval.

Yet another quality product i got from Phantom Films. I'm big fan of this production house. Motwane sir inspired me again to show whatever you want to show. Your content must be out of the box. You don't need to follow the typical rules of Bollywood movies. All you need iz a story and how you're telling it to your audience iz the main inspiring thing of Phantom Films.

Here credit goes to Motwane Sir, Phantom Production House and none other than super talented awesome actor Rajkumar Rao. He iz nowadays greatest actor we have in our Bollywood. He nailed it. It's always pleasure to see him on screen whether he iz doing supporting character or lead. Hatz off.

Kudos to Director and team.

3.8/5.

- - - by Harsh Desai . . .