Trapped Review

Trapped is a film directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. I had heard many praises for this film. Now considering that this film is made by the man behind Udaan, I thought that this will be a masterpiece. But I would say that it's not.

Plot: Shaurya gets trapped in his own home without and food, water or electricity.

Story and direction: The film gives us an insight into the life of Shaurya who works in a travel office who is an introvert. The way he extends friendship to his girlfriend was some what very nice. And we see that no one gives basically a s*** as to what he is doing. Like he leaves his home, his PG friends don't even bother to ask as to why he is leaving. The we get to the main plot of the film where Shaurya gets trapped. The film here basically presents quite an unrealistic situation. We basically have no one in the building, a watchman who doesn't give a s***. a house without electricity, etc. But the struggles shown were quite real. You could connect with Shaurya. That's basically what you want from a film, to connect with your protagonist, and from that point of view the film delivers. Then we have the ending where you feel nothing has changed. In films, you basically have an arc where a character is in different places during the beginning and end of the film. But I was very disappointed of the arc not being present.

Performances: Rajkumar Rao was the star of this film. I cared for him in the entire film. He delivered a great performance. No wonder he is a National Award Winner. Geetanjali Thapa was also good for the kind of role she got.

Now since any scene didn't wow me that much, I didn't have a favorite scene in this film.

Verdict: Not one of Motwane's best, but considering the budget in which it was made he did quite a satisfactory job. If not for anything do watch this film for Rajkumar Rao. He kills it.

I am going with a 7/10.