Director: Ribhu Dasgupta
Star Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Nawazuddin Siddique
Music: Clinton Cerejo
In his 1st ever outing Micheal director Ribhu Dasgupta did not make much of a directorial mark and he fails to make much of a directorial marking in his 2nd outing TE3N too. Although TE3N is an official remake of a South Korean film named montage. That apart It’s the mysterious element of TE3N & the dynamic performances of the trio of Amitabh Bachchan, Vidya Balan & above all Nawazuddin Siddiqui that helps the film to be on track to some extent.
The scripted scenario of TE3N starts off with a flashback event featuring Inspector Martin (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) & John Roy (Amitabh Bachchan). This is then followed by the religious daily visit of John Roy to the police station to meet Inspector Sarita Sarkar (Vidya Balan), regarding the kidnapping & killing of his granddaughter Angela Roy. The story then oscillates between the past & the present. Amidst all this, there also exists the story of the guilt filled Inspector – turned -Priest Martin Das, the very man who was in charge of Angela Roy’s case. While the police department (including Inspector Martin Das) gives up totally on the Angela Roy’s case, John Roy simply refuses to do so and vows to his wheelchair ridden wife that he will not take rest until he nails the innocent Angela Roy’s dreaded kidnapper & murderer. Around 8 years later, there occurs a kidnapping of a school going kid Ronny. The mysterious part about this kidnapping is that, it is totally similar to that of Angela Roy. That’s when the trio of Father Martin, Inspector Sarita Sarkar & John Roy set out to search the masterminded smart criminal. While Father Martin & Inspector Sarita Sarkar go the legal way, John Roy, despite his old age sets out on his own to nab the criminal.
Director Ribhu Dasgupta seems to be a novice as far as the “Whodunit” thriller genre is concerned. He loses his directorial grip from “The Start” to The End”. One can’t even say that he has extracted good work from “The Cast” & “The Crew” as they are all well – known names in their respective arena.
Performance wise its once again Amitabh Bachchan who delivers a sterling act. Indeed he deserves a standing ovation in film after film. After Piku he adds one more feather to his histrionics cap. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is perfect in whatever he has been given to perform. But obviously his latent talent has not been fully tapped. While Vidya Balan is as usual superb in her cameo act too. The supporting actors are adequate and fill the bill.
Tail Piece: TE3N will really have to struggle at the Box Office Turnstiles to make its mark. audience.
