It’s captivating to see Bachchan plays his part with such competence and brilliance.
It breaks your heart that he has to reach out to so many people to just help him, that age might have made him vulnerable and weak but his spirit is still indomitable.
He reminded me of my own grandfather – day-old grey stubble, the moist eyes, the ageing face and the structure of man who was once handsome and almost invincible. His daily routine, his stubborn pursuit, and his unrelenting search – it is as if he is stuck in a time warp. At times it feels like Biswas’s life stopped still the day he lost Angela. And how impossible it is to come to terms with the tragic loss of one’s own. For anyone who has known a grandparent’s love knows how unconditional it is. He makes his lonely struggle seem your own. It is Amitabh Bachchan’s performance that keeps you hooked till the end, even when you sort of guess, what must have transpired.īachchan is flawless as the bereaved grandfather. I specifically found it appalling that Sarita Sarkar (Vidya Balan) is so dismissive of Das’s concerns, when she knows that he used to be an expert on such kidnappings during his tenure as a cop. It is all the more improbable that no one other than Das sees through this and is keen to explore other options. There are moments of edge-of-the-seat tension, especially during the build-up to the interval but for the most part, the tale progresses at an unhurried pace.Ī vulnerable child’s life is at stake and it’s impossible to buy the police’s simplistic theory. Dasgupta’s story though very engaging, never really grips you in that way. The tension in Ghosh’s ‘Kahaani’ was inescapable it was as if, if you merely shifted your position in the seat, something terrible would happen. The film is a thriller based in Kolkata and is produced by Sujoy Ghosh, thus, comparisons to ‘Kahaani’ are inevitable. While the narrative is interesting, the story just takes too much time to unfold. The hapless grandfather blinded by grief and loss seems to be fighting a lone battle, till a similar case resurfaces after all these years. When after years of searching in vain, Biswas stumbles over a clue, he is relentless in his pursuit of the perpetrator of the crime. He refuses to be haunted by the past but it is not all that easy for Biswas.Īfter the death of his daughter, Angela was entrusted to his care and it is impossible for him to let go. The cop, who was then handling the case, Martin Das (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) in seeking his own redemption has found solace as a priest. Biswas for the past eight years has been hopelessly following up with the authorities, with no leads in the case the police have almost given up on finding the abductor. John Biswas’s (Amitabh Bachchan) eight-year-old granddaughter Angela was kidnapped and killed. TE3N is a gripping thriller that brings together these two parallel investigations into the 2 kidnappings and builds up into an explosive, emotionally-charged film.Ribhu Dasgupta’s ‘TE3N’ is an intriguing tale – a grandfather’s quest for justice and closure – that tugs at your heartstrings. While the priest and the cop tackle the new kidnapping, John doggedly pieces together the identity of Angela`s kidnapper from little bits of information that he collects through his own investigations. Father Martin is once again dragged into the investigation by cop Sarita Sarkar. But then, 1 day, 8 years after that tragic incident, there is another kidnapping and everything about it echoes of similarity with the kidnapping of Angela. The only person whose help he seeks is Martin Das, an ex-cop turned priest who has one thing in common with John the death of Angela had a life altering impact on both men. He continues to visit the police station where he is shunned and ignored every day. But eight years later, while the world has moved, John hasn`t given up his relentless quest for justice. It`s been 8 years since John Biswas lost his granddaughter, Angela, in a tragic kidnapping incident that scarred him and his wife Nancy forever.
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