Stolen starts with a disarming visual – an infant sleeping in her mother’s arms. It’s a rare moment of calm in a film which, once it gets going, piles on white-knuckle tension, disturbing visuals and frenetic action.

, which is out on Prime Video, is an exercise in the perils of empathy. Written by Tejpal, Gaurav Dhingra and Swapnil Salkar Agadbumb, Stolen revolves around a gross misunderstanding that assumes epic proportions for a pair of well-heeled brothers.

Gautam (Abhishek Banerjee) arrives at night at a train station in a remote town to pick up his younger brother Raman (Shubham Vardhan). The duo are on their way to attend a family wedding. Champa, the five-month-old baby who is with her mother Jhumpa (Mia Maelzer), is snatched away as soon as Raman gets off the train. Raman is accused of kidnapping Champa, even though it is clear that he has nothing to do with it.

The nightmare has only just begun for Raman and Gautam. It extends to the next day and involves a desperate mother, suspicious policemen and vigilante mobs who have been tracking abductions in the area.

Over 92 minutes, Raman and Gautam navigate hostile terrain in the company of a woman who isn’t who she claims...