Method acting attained a compelling crest in Vikramaditya Motwane’s Trapped. A so-so survival saga in which Rajkummar Rao submerged himself into the role of a man immersed in the rituals of abject isolation, a sort of modern day Robinson Crusoe in survival tale fully flawed and convincing, rescued by Rao’s hefty performance. Rao lost oodles of weight for the part.
Playing a man trapped in an apartment in a highrise for nearly two weeks without food or water, Raj shed over ten kilos to look like a man who is unlikely to survive his ordeal. Such dedication to depicting desolation was evident only in Tom Hanks when he did Castaway. Alas, the material provided for Raj’s survival story could barely survive its own ridiculous plot premise.
