The plot starts with introducing the audience to the eight-year-old kidnapping case through a conversation between John and investigating officer Sarita (Vidya is dynamic). And that isn’t the only aspect of the film that is right. Having mastered every mannerism of a senior citizen, whether it is the mouth-agape expression or looking over the rim of his spectacles, his nuances are spot on.

Bachchan, who recently bagged the National Award for his role as the cantankerous elder in Piku, is superlative. Nothing will stop him-not old age, an erratic scooter or his caregiver duties to his wheelchair-bound wife. With dogged determination, John makes it his life’s mission to resolve his granddaughter’s abduction and murder. The disappearance of an abducted child has turned two people’s lives upside down one is that of John and the second is that of Martin (Nawaz, who is flawless as a policeman-turned-padri seeking atonement).

Padmavati Rao and Sabyasachi Chakrabarty slip into their characters easily, although the latter does risk going overboard at times.Based on the Korean film, Montage, Te3n is a whodunnit that is simple in its intention but clever in its execution. And Balan projects the exact amount of frustration on to her character. This feisty policewoman is heading a case which seems to have no solution in sight. Vidya Balan lights up the screen with her Sarita. In his slim-fit black shirt, this bullet-riding Father Martin is hardly your average clergyman. The ever-dependable Nawazuddin Siddiqui is cast perfectly the reluctant Krishna to John's Arjun. In the droop of his shoulders, the slight slur in his speech and the noticeable gait, Amitabh Bachchan becomes John Biswas, the grandfather guilty of not being able to take care of his Angela. The primary cast gifts the film some superlative performances. The laidbackness soon gets to you, and you want to scream, 'Hurry up!' But Dasgupta takes it easy. While the narrative is crisp in parts, the story progresses at a lazy pace.

Half an hour into the film, Amitabh Bachchan is a part of your life his quest for justice, yours. Ribhu Dasgupta weaves a poignant tale in his TE3N, and peppers it with edge-of-the-seat sequences.

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