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Stolen Climbs Into Prime Video’s Top 10 as Director Calls Out Paid Reviews

Nikkhil Advani attributes growing audience distrust to perceptions of paid reviews, saying quality films like Stolen can rebuild credibility.

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Stolen Director Nikkhil Advani Opens Up About ‘Paid Reviews’: Indian Audience No Longer Trust Filmmakers
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Overview

  • Stolen premiered on Prime Video on June 4 and has since entered the Top 10 trending lists in both India and the US.
  • Abhishek Banerjee celebrates the film’s cross-border acclaim as a vindication of content-first cinema.
  • The investigative crime thriller follows two brothers who join a mother’s search for her kidnapped infant in India’s remote hinterlands.
  • Executive producers Anurag Kashyap, Kiran Rao, Nikkhil Advani and Vikramaditya Motwane backed the Jungle Book Studio production.
  • Advani warns that perceptions of paid reviews have eroded audience trust but says genuine word-of-mouth hits like Stolen can restore credibility.