Te3n
| Te3n | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Ribhu Dasgupta |
| Screenplay by | Suresh Nair Ritesh Shah Bijesh Jayarajan |
| Based on | Montage by Jeong Keun-seob |
| Produced by | Sujoy Ghosh Anirudh Tanwar Gulab Singh Tanwar Abhijit Ghatak Suresh Nair Sameer Rajendran Gauri Sathe |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Nawazuddin Siddiqui Vidya Balan Sabyasachi Chakraborty Padmavati Rao |
| Cinematography | Tushar Kanti Ray |
| Edited by | Gairik Sarkar |
| Music by | Clinton Cerejo |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Reliance Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹340 million[1] |
| Box office | est. ₹323.1 million[2] |
Teen (stylised as Te3n; transl. 'Three') is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language mystery thriller film written and directed by Ribhu Dasgupta. This remake of the 2013 South Korean film Montage stars Amitabh Bachchan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Padmavati Rao, and Vidya Balan in the lead roles.[3][4][5] It was released on 10 June 2016. The film was a commercial failure at the box office.[1]
Plot
[edit]John Biswas (Amitabh Bachchan) is a 70-year-old grandfather who visits the police station regularly. He is desperate to find the kidnapper and murderer of his granddaughter Angela, who died eight years ago. Police inspector Sarita Sarkar (Vidya Balan) has no clues about the case. Yet, she continues to search for the perpetrator, despite being discouraged by people all around her and slowly collects evidence.
John's wife Nancy (Padmavati Rao) is sick and uses a wheelchair. Despite personal problems, John is determined not to give up. John also regularly meets Father Martin Das (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), who was a police inspector and was handling the Angela kidnapping case. Father Martin Das tries his best in solving the case, but the guilt of being unsuccessful compelled him to leave his job and become a priest.
One day, eight years after that tragic incident, another boy named Rony is kidnapped. Everything about the kidnapping parallels the kidnapping of Angela. Further investigation reveals that the modus operandi for kidnapping Rony is the same as that of Angela. Inspector Sarita requests Father Martin for assistance in cracking the case. Martin supports partially by providing clues and Sarita, with John, starts investigating the case.
Since the modus operandi was the same, Angela's case file is re-opened. Rony's grandfather, Manohar (Sabyasachi Chakraborty) is arrested when he tries to flee with the ransom at the railway station. Sarita interrogates him in the lock-up, but he says he was acting under the instructions of the real kidnapper.
In the meantime, John doggedly pieces together the identity of Angela's kidnapper from little bits of information that he collects through his own investigations. It is eventually revealed that these scenes take place before Rony's kidnapping, as John discovers that Manohar was the one who had kidnapped Angela and subsequently creates a plan to kidnap Rony to seek revenge and justice.
Father Martin finds out that John kidnapped Rony and confronts him. John requests Martin to arrange a meeting with Manohar. During the meeting, John makes Manohar confess to his crimes. Manohar explains that he kidnapped Angela to pay for his daughter's open heart surgery.
It is revealed that Angela was not murdered — while being held captive, she escaped and accidentally fell from a height on to a moving car and died. The car was driven by Father Martin Das, who was injured in the accident. Manohar is arrested for his crimes. John cries tears of happiness, having avenged Angela's murder as the screen fades out.
Cast
[edit]
- Amitabh Bachchan as John Biswas
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Father Martin Das
- Vidya Balan as Sarita Sharma[6]
- Sabyasachi Chakrabarty as Manohar Sinha
- Padmavati Rao as Nancy Biswas, wife of John Biswas
- Aarnaa Sharma as Angela Roy
- Tota Roy Chowdhury as Peter Roy, Angela's father
- Ricky Patel as Rony Poddar
- Anupam Bhattacharya as Hemant Poddar, Rony's father
- Deblina Chakravorty as Neeta, Rony's mother
- Mukesh Chhabra as Tariq, real estate agent
- Prakash Belawadi as Kumar
- Masood Akhtar as Imambara official
- Phalguni Chatterjee as LMO officer
- Arun Saha as LMO clerk
- Arindol Bagchi as orphanage clerk
- Antara Banerjee as bride in church
- Abhipriti Das as deaf and mute girl
- Mohammad Arif as groom in church
- Paritosh Sand as ACP
- Biswajeet Das as church patron
- Indira Dutta Choudhury as maid
- Sujata Ghosh as constable
- Pratap Rana as peon
- Rajat Das as hawker
- Sagnik as Bhaskor
- Satyam Majumdar as LMO manager
- Suneel Sinha as Hari Prakash
- Soumyajit Majumdar as Hari Prakash's manager
Production
[edit]Shooting started on 24 November 2015 with Vidya Balan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui at Writers' Building, Kolkata. It is the first Hindi film for which the doors of the Victorian-era Writers' Building were opened for shooting. Many parts of the movie were also shot in the historic heritage site of St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata. Actor Amitabh Bachchan was reported to join the crew on 27 November 2015.[7] The movie was shot in Kolkata. Shooting wrapped up on 31 January 2016.[8]
The trailer was released on 5 May 2016.[9]
In May 2016, Bachchan revealed that the rights of the 2013 South Korean movie had been officially purchased by Sujoy Ghosh.[10]
Music
[edit]| Te3n | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 27 May 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 20:43 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | T-Series | |||
| Producer | Clinton Cerejo | |||
| Clinton Cerejo chronology | ||||
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Clinton Cerejo composed the music and background score of the film while Amitabh Bhattacharya wrote the lyrics. The audio album of the movie was released on 27 May which was accompanied by a live performance by Vishal Dadlani on the song "Grahan".[11] The album consists of five tracks sung by Clinton Cerejo, Vishal Dadlani, Benny Dayal, Divya Kumar and Bianca Gomes.[12]
Amitabh Bachchan recorded a version of song "Kyun Re" for the film.[13] The song depicts the pain of a grandpa who has lost his granddaughter. The music rights were acquired by T-Series.
Track listing
[edit]All lyrics are written by Amitabh Bhattacharya; all music is composed by Clinton Cerejo, Mukesh Officials
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Haq Hai" | Clinton Cerejo | 5:20 |
| 2. | "Rootha" | Benny Dayal, Divya Kumar, Bianca Gomes | 5:19 |
| 3. | "Kyun Re" | Clinton Cerejo | 3:23 |
| 4. | "Grahan" | Vishal Dadlani | 4:41 |
| 5. | "Kyun Re - 1" | Amitabh Bachchan | 3:22 |
| Total length: | 20:43 | ||
Release
[edit]The film released in about 373 screens in various countries with about 93 screens in USA, 80 in UAE, 51 in Pakistan, 30 in UK, 20 in Kenya, 17 in Australia, 15 in Tanzania, 12 in Canada, over 9 screens in Malaysia and other countries.[2]
TE3N - No 1 Movie based Runner Game, a running mobile video game was developed by Zapak as an adaptation of the film.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "TE3N - Movie - Box Office India". www.boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Box Office: Worldwide Collections and Day wise breakup of TE3N". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Here's first poster of 'TE3N'". ABP Live. 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ IANS (28 April 2016). "Reliance Entertainment to back Big B's 'TE3N'". Business-standard.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Review: TE3N is a weak remake". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
- ^ Reliance Entertainment to back Big B's 'TE3N' Archived 26 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Business Standard News (28 April 2016)
- ^ "Kolkata Calling: Vidya Balan starts shooting for Sujoy Ghosh's 'TE3N'". Daily News & Analysis. 24 November 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "Amitabh Bachchan wraps shoot on 'TE3N'". The Indian Express. 31 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ "'TE3N' TRAILER OUT! Amitabh, Vidya & Nawazuddin race against the time in this gripping Thriller!". Filmy Monkey. 5 May 2016. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Amitabh Bachchan: Slow down? I'm only doing movies, I know nothing else". Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Music of 'Te3n' launched in Mumbai". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Te3n". www.saavn.com. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Amitabh Bachchan's New Song Released at the TE3N Music Launch". The Quint. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
External links
[edit]- Te3n at IMDb
- Te3n at Kross Pictures
- 2016 films
- 2010s Hindi-language films
- Indian thriller films
- Films shot in Kolkata
- Films about kidnapping in India
- Indian remakes of South Korean films
- Films scored by Clinton Cerejo
- Films with screenplays by Ritesh Shah
- Reliance Entertainment films
- 2016 thriller films
- Hindi-language thriller films
- Films directed by Ribhu Dasgupta
- Films set in Kolkata
- Films adapted for other media
- Indian crime thriller films
- Indian mystery thriller films
- Indian mystery drama films
- Indian detective films
- Indian police films
- Fictional portrayals of the West Bengal Police
- Police detective films
- Films about missing people
- Films about Catholic priests
- 2010s police procedural films