[4] Director Rajesh Pillai and actor Jishnu Raghavan died prior to the release of the film.
Traffic constable Ramdas Godbole resumes his duty after having been suspended for taking a bribe in order to help his sister.
Rehan Ali, a trainee journalist, gets ready for the first day of his job with an interview with Dev Kapoor.
City Police Commissioner Gurbir Singh is asked to carry out the mission but refuses due to the high risk and complexity involved.
No officer is willing to drive the vehicle until Godbole, wanting to regain the respect he had lost because of the scandal, volunteers to carry out the mission.
Abel phones his sister and confesses that he had run his wife over with his car after discovering that she was cheating on him with his best friend, Hemaan, and that she may have died, so he wishes to save himself from the clutches of the police.
They divert into a road 8 km ahead of the scheduled route, making up for the time lost in the forest.
Ria's condition, however, deteriorates, causing Godbole to take an alternative route by driving into a communally sensitive area named Bilal Colony, where police are restricted from entering because of its strong minority.
Godbole drives at a high speed, reaching the hospital in time and covering the mission in almost two hours.
On the way back home, Godbole witnesses a group of men arguing on the side of the road and signals them to stop, ending the film on a happy note.
[7] Suresh Nair did the Hindi adaptation of the script of Traffic, stating "slight enhancements have been made in the feel and action content, to ensure commercial viability.
[16] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave it 2 stars out of 5, and quoted that Crispness and the sense of urgency is missing in movie.
[18] Sweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times gave it 4 stars out of 5, titled that A Tight script, stellar performances make it a must-watch.
[23] 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.