Traffic (2016 film)

Traffic
Directed byRajesh Pillai
Written byPiyush Mishra (dialogues)
Screenplay bySuresh Nair
Story byBobby Sanjay
Based onTraffic (2011)
by Rajesh Pillai
Produced byDeepak Dhar
Sameer Gogate
Sameer Rajendran
StarringManoj Bajpayee
Jimmy Shergill
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Divya Dutta
Parambrata Chatterjee
Vishal Singh
Amol Parashar
Sachin Khedekar
Nikita Thukral
CinematographySanthosh Thundiyil,
Anishlal R S
Edited byNishant Radhakrishnan,
Mahesh Narayan
Music bySongs:
Mithoon
Score:
Vinayak Netke
Production
company
Distributed byFox Star Studios
Release date
  • 6 May 2016 (2016-05-06)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹90 million[1]
Box officeest.₹116.5 million[2]

Traffic is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language road thriller film directed by Rajesh Pillai. It is a remake of the 2011 Malayalam film of same name. Originally written by brothers Bobby and Sanjay, the film's screenplay has been adapted into Hindi by Suresh Nair, while the dialogues were written by Piyush Mishra.[3]

The cinematography is handled by Santhosh Thundiyil and Anishlal R S, the music is composed by Mithoon. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Sheirgill, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee, Divya Dutta, Amol Parashar, Jishnu Raghavan and Richa Panai.

The film was released on 6 May 2016 to positive reviews.[4] Director Rajesh Pillai and actor Jishnu Raghavan died prior to the release of the film.

  1. ^ "Traffic – Movie – Box Office India". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Traffic – Movie – Box Office India". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. ^ Mehul S Thakkar (17 April 2013). "Manoj Bajpai to star in Traffic's Hindi remake". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Richa Panai heads to Bollywood". Business Standard India. Business Standard. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.