Friday, June 24, 2016

Watching TE3N

An emotional thriller that combines mourning with detection as the objects of mourning become clues in the process of solving the mystery of an old crime. Unlike the critics, I didn't find the film slow and if it all, its slowness I thought was an insight into the arrested time of mourning. Amitabh Bachchan was quite outstanding in underplaying his role. His impeccable body-language with those drooping shoulders, gaping mouth and sparkling eyes, conveying anguish, anger, resolve and restlessness, simply towered over the film. It is lovely to see how with films like Piku and Te3n, the great actor has staged a return to one of the first cities where he had once been a struggler, looking for work. Nawaz, Vidya and others gave him solid company. And so did the old city of Kolkata, shot beautifully in all its chromatic intensity.

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