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| Directed by | Rajesh Pillai |
| Written by | Bobby Sanjay |
| Produced by | Listin Stephen |
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| Narrated by | Sreenivasan |
| Cinematography | Shyju Khalid |
| Edited by | Mahesh Narayanan |
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| Distributed by | Magic Frames |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹2.75 crores[1] |
| Box office | ₹15 crores[2] |
Traffic is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language road action thriller film written by brothers Bobby and Sanjay and directed by Rajesh Pillai. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Sreenivasan, Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Rahman, Anoop Menon, Sandhya, Roma, Remya Nambeesan, Namitha Pramod, Lena, Jose Prakash and Krishna.[3] The film has its narrative in a hyperlink format. The film opened on 7 January 2011, to a positive reception. A multi-narrative thriller that intertwines multiple stories around one particular incident, Traffic is inspired from an actual event that happened in Chennai.[4][5] Owing to its critical and commercial success, Traffic was remade into Tamil as Chennaiyil Oru Naal, in Kannada as Crazy Star and is also remade in Hindi, with the same name. This was also the last film of the veteran actor Jose Prakash.[6] The film has a cult status.
- ^ "2011 was troublesome for Malayalam films". News18. 4 January 2012.
- ^ Manoj Nair (21 May 2011). "Malayalam movies: Non-linear narratives are making the box-office ring louder". India Times. Economic Times.
- ^ Coming up: A complex Traffic – Rediff.com Movies
- ^ "Hithendran Incident".
- ^ "Traffic Movie Review". Archived from the original on 19 August 2010.
- ^ "Veteran Malayalam actor Jose Prakash passes away". The Times of India. 24 March 2012. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.