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India Today
|June 23, 2025
Ostensibly a survival drama, KARAN TEJPAL'S Stolen touches upon a number of societal concerns
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The journey from apathy to empathy is a fraught one in Karan Tejpal’s debut film, Stolen, which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Inspired by the horrific events in Karbi Anglong in Assam, in which two young men mistaken for being child kidnappers were lynched by a mob, Tejpal crafts a survival drama that pushes the anxiety buttons and touches on many pertinent issues afflicting society today.
From the dangers of fake news shared on WhatsApp groups to public distrust of police and privileged middle-class India’s wariness towards those on the economic fringes,
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