Stolen (2025)

Stolen 2025: what this Hindi thriller is

Stolen is a Hindi-language thriller and the first feature from director Karan Tejpal. Going by its Wikipedia entry, it first played at the Venice Film Festival on 31 August 2023, and Indian viewers got it much later when it landed on Prime Video. That gap explains why the 2025 label attached to it on streaming listings differs from the festival year.

The film is short by thriller standards, listed at 93 minutes, and the setup is simple enough to state in a line: a child disappears at a rural station and two outsiders get pulled in. Reports around its streaming launch said the story was inspired by a lynching that took place in Assam in 2018, which tells you the film is less interested in puzzle-box plotting than in how quickly a crowd can turn on a stranger.

Release date and where to watch

According to the announcement covered by IANS and others, Stolen began streaming on Prime Video on 4 June 2025 as an exclusive global premiere. There was no wide theatrical run that we could confirm, so the streaming platform is the place to look. We have not checked current availability in individual countries or whether it sits behind a rental wall, so check the Prime Video listing in your region before planning an evening around it.

Cast and crew

Abhishek Banerjee plays Gautam Bansal, with Shubham Vardhan as his younger brother Raman. Mia Maelzer is listed as Jhumpa Mahato, Harish Khanna as Constable Pandit Ji and Sahidur Rahaman as Inspector Shakti Singh.

Tejpal wrote the film with Gaurav Dhingra and Swapnil Salkar Agadbumb; Dhingra also produced it for Jungle Book Studio. Vardhan and Salkar are credited with the dialogues. For viewers who know Banerjee mainly from comic or supporting parts, a lead role in a tense, grounded story is a change of register worth noting, though we can say nothing yet about how he handles it.

What to expect and who it suits

Expect a compact, pressure-cooker thriller rather than a sprawling one. Its premise, outsiders in a place with its own rules, belongs to a familiar tradition of chase stories, so the interest will lie in tone and execution. Because it is inspired by a real kind of violence, it may be uncomfortable viewing.

This is a preview built from public information. We have not watched the film and offer no verdict on its performances or craft.