In spite of all the red herrings it throws around and the occasional intriguing plot point, TE3N is a letdown finally. However, the screenplay needed to tell its story at a brisker pace while also being clever in its plotting. And it also boasts of some decent atmospheric filming on location in Kolkata and a commendable enough production design by Tamnoy Chakraborty. Even as the hunt for the kidnapper is on, John appears to continue with his own investigations to try and bring a finality to Angela’s kidnapping and figure out the person behind it.Īdmittedly, TE3N has an interesting enough plot that does suck you into the investigation. Martin is a cop turned padre who was part of the botched up operation 8 years earlier and has since turned to God for solace. When a child is kidnapped in much the similar manner in the present, woman police officer Sarita Sarkar (Vidya Balan) handles the case and she involves a priest, Father Martin Das (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), in the investigation. Ribhu Dasgupta’s second film after Michael (2011) has us looking at elderly gentleman John Biswas (Amitabh Bachchan), who is trying to get closure and figure out what really happened in a kidnapping case gone wrong 8 years ago wherein his abducted grand-daughter, Angela, died.

Add to it a top notch cast that is not at their best and you have a film that is disappointing to say the least.

Based on the Korean film, Montage (2013), TE3N could well have been an engaging edge-of-the-seat thriller but its sluggish pace and its inability to prevent its main twists from being deciphered well before they occur don’t help the film’s cause.

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