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{{Infobox film

| name          = Traffic

| caption        =  

| director      = [[Rajesh Pillai]]

| writer        =  

| screenplay    = Suresh Nair

| based_on      = ''[[Traffic (2011 film)|Traffic]]'' (2011) <br/> by [[Rajesh Pillai]]  

| narrator      =  

| editing        = Nishant Radhakrishnan,<br>[[Mahesh Narayanan|Mahesh Narayan]]

| distributor    = [[Fox Star Studios]]

| released      = {{Film date|df=y|2016|05|06}}

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==Plot==

The story of ''Traffic'' takes place over the course of a single day and is inspired by a real-life incident from Chennai, as shown in the credits.

Now that the heart is available the only issue is to transport the heart from Mumbai to Pune. Due to weather problems and low visibility conditions, no choppers or aircraft are available to transport the heart. The only option remaining to transport it through road.

Due to the risk involved, no police officer comes ahead to take up the challenging task. However Godbole, who wishes to regain the respect he lost due to the bribe incident comes forward volunteering to be the chauffeur of the [[Tata Safari Storme]] police van which will transport the heart to Pune. Accompanying him on this mission are Dr. Abel and Rajeev.

They enter a road and cross [[Lonavla|Lonavala]] Toll which is {{cvt|8|km}} ahead of the route time table, thus making up for the time they lost in the forest. and Godbole has to drive now at a high speed of {{cvt|120|km/h}} in order to make it to Fortis Pune. Godbole crosses places at high speeds till they come to a point where the road has been blocked by the police as a tanker has faced an accident. Back in Mumbai Gurbir's team discuss that if they were {{cvt|4|km}} behind they could have taken the [[National Highway (India)|NH4]] Diversion and reached. However they discuss that a communally very sensitive area Bilal Colony falls on this route and it might be difficult to get through here. Godbole listening to all this through the wireless decides to turn the vehicle and take the Bilal Colony route. Gurbir informs that it is impossible for the police to do anything here due to the strong minority and that the mission now depends on public and its support.

Gurbir informs Godbole that there is a group of pilgrims going to [[Pandharpur]] will come on their road and Godbole has to ensure that he crosses the road before they reach. However Aslam talks to the secretary of the group and sends his men to stop them till the vehicle crosses them, after which Abel boards the car by Aslam's assistance, and Rajeev after a long run is able to board the car. Godbole drives at high speeds and ensures that they reach Fortis Hospital at time, covering the challenging feat in about two hours.

==Cast==

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* [[Kitu Gidwani]] as Rehan's mother

* Baby Annie as Godbole's Daughter

* Jasbir Thandi as Traffic Police Officer

* Sandra S.Jaichandran

* Tuhin Chakrabarty

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The supporting cast includes Ann Zibi, Amit Roy, Manuj Bhaskar, Raj Arjun, Syed Zafar Ali, Leena Panchal, Talib Mehdi, Satyajeet Bhattacharya, Ritika Murthy, Sheron Kurian A., Raj Gopal Iyer, Ritesh Raghuvanshi, Sanjay Gurubaxani, Mohd Rashid Ghaswala, Vijay Sanap, Manish Sharma, Harish Shashi Nair, Santosh Krishnan, Shahrukh B Sadri, Sandeep Singh Chopra, Premchand Singh, Gunjan Khare, Sagar Kale, Avesh Khan, Amit Shukla, Hagupreet Singh, Raj Singh, Ajay Arya, Nidha Bhat and Sameer Gogate.

==Production==

[[Manoj Bajpai]] was signed to play the male lead in April 2013.<ref name="indiatimes1"/>

[[Divya Dutta]] signed the film in August,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-06/news-interviews/41130348_1_divya-dutta-item-song-item-number |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215148/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-06/news-interviews/41130348_1_divya-dutta-item-song-item-number |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 October 2013 |title=Divya bags a role in the Hindi remake of 'Traffic' |date=6 August 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=19 September 2013}}</ref> playing Lena's part from the original.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/malayalam/news-and-interviews/Kaveri-to-make-a-comeback-in-a-Bollywood-film/articleshow/25706495.cms |work=The Times of India |title=Kaveri to make a comeback in a Bollywood film!}}</ref>

[[Vishal Singh (TV actor born 1985)|Vishal Singh]] signed in August and<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/traffic-remake-takes-off/1152854/ |title=Traffic remake takes off |publisher=Indian Express |date=9 August 2013 |accessdate=19 September 2013}}</ref> [[Kitu Gidwani]] has been given the role of Vishal Singh's mother.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/>

Rajesh Pillai confirmed that [[Nikita Thukral]] was {{clarify |date=November 2017 |reason=The phrase 'roped in' is a colloquialism, specific to particular dialects of English. Its use here is not clarified as to meaning, in a manner which makes the term accessible to all users of English. |text=roped in }} for a role,<ref>{{cite news |author= |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/nikita-thukral-in-hindi-remake-of-traffic-113082800187_1.html |title=Nikita Thukral in Hindi remake of 'Traffic' |newspaper=Business Standard India |publisher=Business Standard |date=28 August 2013 |accessdate=19 September 2013}}</ref> the role played by [[Sandhya (actress)|Sandhya]] in Malayalam and which was offered to Vishakha first.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/> [[Richa Panai]] was {{clarify |date=November 2017 |reason=The use of 'roped in' is a colloquialism specific to particular dialects of English, and its use here is not clarified as to meaning in a manner which makes the term accessible to all users of English. |text=roped in }} in September 2013 and she will be paired with Parambrata in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/telugu/news/2013/mms-girl-richa-panai-heading-bollywood-120238.html |title=MMS Girl Richa Panai Heading To Bollywood&nbsp;– Oneindia Entertainment |publisher=Entertainment.oneindia.in |date= |accessdate=19 September 2013}}</ref> In November 2013, it was reported that Malayali actress [[Kaveri (actress)|Kaveri]] would reprise the role portrayed by [[Roma Asrani]] but that she will portray a mature and introvert personality as opposed to a bubbly Miriam from the original.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/>

Pillai stated that the film would be entirely shot on the [[Mumbai Pune Expressway]] and [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]].<ref name="indianexpress1"/> In late August, the first schedule had been completed at Hyderabad. The final schedule started on 2 September at Mumbai.

=== Critical reception ===

Sweta Kaushal of ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' gave it 4 stars out of 5, titled that A Tight script, stellar performances make it a must-watch.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/traffic-review-tight-screenplay-stellar-performance-make-this-a-must-watch/story-MgoVinQ7aH079d4yOARlUJ.html |title=Traffic review: Tight script, stellar performances make it a must-watch |date=6 May 2016 |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref> Prarthna Sarkar of ''[[International Business Times]]'' gave it 3 stars out of 5, describing it as a must watch.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/traffic-movie-review-this-manoj-bajpayee-starrer-makes-your-heart-beat-faster-677725 |title='Traffic' movie review: This Manoj Bajpayee-starrer makes your heart beat faster |first=Prarthna |last=Sarkar |website=Ibtimes.co.in |date=6 May 2016 |accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref> Namarta Joshi of ''[[The Hindu]]'' quoted "'Traffic' wears thin, feels rushed. There is neither much of an emotional tug nor an edge-of-the-seat urgency that the film promised to deliver."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/traffic-characters-in-search-of-redemption/article8566069.ece |title=Traffic: Characters in search of redemption |website=[[The Hindu]] |publisher= |accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref> Sukanya Verma from ''[[Rediff.com]]'' gave it 2 stars out of 5, said movie is muddled and lacklustre in its set-up.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/traffic-review-bumpy-ride-to-half-hearted-glory/20160506.htm |title=Traffic Review: Bumpy ride to half-hearted glory |publisher= |accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref> ''[[Bollywood Hungama]]'' gave it 2 stars out of 5.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/traffic/critic-review/traffic-movie-review/ |title=Traffic Review – Bollywood Hungama |first=Bollywood |last=Hungama |website=Bollywood Hungama |accessdate=29 August 2017}}</ref> Nandini Ramnath of ''Scroll.in'' said that the remake of the Malayalam hit loses the essence of the original and movie titled ''Traffic'' goes nowhere.

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