Overview

• The Asian Academy Creative Awards 2025 shortlisted Stolen for Best Feature Film (Fiction) and nominated Karan Tejpal for Best Director in his debut.
• The feature competes with Lembayung from Indonesia, Bullet Train Explosion from Japan, and Though Dead, Still Alive from Taiwan.
• Abhishek Banerjee called the nods a vote of confidence for the team’s uncompromising approach, crediting producer Gaurav Dhingra and Tejpal.
• Set in rural India, the film stars Banerjee alongside Shubham Vardhan and Mia Maelzer in a story centered on a child abduction.
• The nominations continue the film’s trajectory from a Venice premiere to a June 2025 global release on Prime Video and growing audience attention.