He’s not as nimble of body or mind as he once was. Remove the dead granddaughter from the equation, and John’s life is a pretty accurate depiction of the lives of many people in their later years. Never has the superstar seemed so old, which is crucial, since that’s what Te3n is about even more than the crime - it’s about the horrors that time and age inflict upon us. Yet, as Sarita correctly points out, Martin’s plan to leave things “to God” conveniently excuses the former cop’s inaction.īachchan’s performance is tragic and moving. In his new role, he observes more than he speaks. Martin’s past arrogance led to catastrophic mistakes that he’s obviously learned from. Same for Siddiqui’s low-key turn as the priest. It’s not a flashy performance, nor should it be. Sarita is the story’s straight woman, and Balan plays her matter-of-factly. The movie belongs to Bachchan, but his fellow actors are just as strong. Bachchan himself sings one version of the sad song “Kyun Re,” making his character’s pain feel all the more heartbreaking.

The atmosphere is enhanced by a tremendous score by composer Clinton Cerejo. Te3n is tense and chilling without being gory. Against Martin’s will, he’s forced to act as an investigator again - examining both John’s clues from the past and Sarita’s clues from the present - to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself. Shortly thereafter, a little boy goes missing under the same circumstances as Angela. But John won’t let Martin run from the past.īy happenstance, John finds a clue about Angela’s kidnapping. Unable to cope with his failure, Martin became a priest. Martin (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) was the police officer in charge when Angela’s case went haywire. The kidnapping that turns John’s life into a daily nightmare pushes another life in a totally different direction. Every day, the new police chief Sarita (Vidya Balan) tells him, “No,” with a mixture of patience and pity. Every day, he stops by the police station to ask if they have new leads in the case. John’s wife, Nancy (Padmavathi Rao), uses a wheelchair that she didn’t need back when little Angela lived with them.įiguratively, though, nothing has changed for John. Not in a literal sense, of course, as evidenced by his increasingly stooped posture and shuffling gait. When eight-year-old Angela (Aarnaa Sharma) was kidnapped and killed eight years ago, time stopped for her grandfather, John Biswas (Amitabh Bachchan).

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