Te3n Review

Since this week there are SO many bad films in the theaters, like Ghostbusters (ugh) and The critically and generally maligned and big bomb The BFG (who cares anymore!)

I decided to see a movie that’s been on my catalog for a while.

Mr Bachchan’s TE3N.

The film is about 2 kidnappings 8 years apart. Is the original kidnapper back? The Grandfather of the previous victim and the cop assigned to the first case rush to find out…

This movie is a remake of Korean film Montage.

I had seen Montage back in 2013 and this film is barring a few scenes, exactly the same.

The biggest difference is In montage the victim’s Mother was the lead, here it’s the victim’s Grandfather to suit Amitabh Bachchan.

The poster of this film looks strangely like Inception or the recent Dr. Strange. Why is there a road upside down in it? I knew this was a kidnapping drama, but the poster is ‘strange’ none the less!

Over all the film is quite good. It follows all the same beats and plot points of the Korean original with minor tweaks to suit Indian culture.

The highlights are Mr Bachchan’s acting as a grieving grandfather and the Nawazuddin’s portrayal of an ex-cop turned Padri.

I can’t give much point to story OR direction as it’s a remake and it not that hard or innovative to do a scene by scene remake.

The cinematography is very organic, low key and realistic.

The pacing is bit slow but it’s the intrigue of the who is the kidnapper and what’s going on.

spoilers Aside, the movie made the plot very clear by the end. The Korean original did a much Worse job of explaining what’s going on. This remake improves on it by some degree.

Overall you can see the Korean original or if you prefer Mr Bachchan, you can see the remake, both have the exact same plot so either is not better or worse than the other. The Indian remake has the added benefit of familiar actors doing a very good job.

Overall Rating : 8.5/10 IF it was an original film. That my rating for Montage.

Final Rating : 7/10 for this film. Minus 1.5 for the remake angle.

P.S : Vidya Balan looks way to chubby (and too cute) to be realistically a police officer.