Review of Movie “Teen Patti”
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ben Kingsley, R. Madhavan, Dhruv Ganesh, Shraddha Kapoor, Siddharth Kher, Vaibhav Talwar, Jackie Shroff, Ajay Devgn, Tinnu Anand, Shakti Kapoor, Raima Sen, Barry John, Anjan Srivastava and Mahesh Manjrekar
Director: Leena Yadav
Music: Salim-Sulaiman
Rating: 2.5/5
Director Leena Yadav’s most ambitious project ‘TEEN PATTI’ has released today. The movie features two most talented actors from Bollywood and Hollywood, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan and Mr. Ben Kingsley (the actor who played the role of Gandhi, in movie ‘Gandhi’).
The movie ‘Teen Patti’ is not all about gambling, it is a story of human greed which only leads to the evil paths. Though the movie has got very good hype but I must say the movie resembles with the Hollywood film ‘21’.
The movie is a story of Mathematic Genius Venkat (Amitabh Bachchan) who has discovered a theory that could redefine the principles of probability and randomness.
To prove his metal and worth of his theory in real world Venkat encourages his young colleague professor Shantanu (Madhavan) to use it. Though, Venkat has no interest in money but due to Shantanu’s persuasion, he agrees to use his theory of probability in the gambling game ‘Teen Patti’. With the help of four students Dhruv Ganesh, Shraddha Kapoor, Siddharth Kher, Vaibhav Talwar (4 new comers) they win huge money in Mumbai gambling world.
But later on the simple experiment becomes addiction and greed of characters which leads them to the dark world of crime.
On the acting front, once again Amitabh Bachchan stands out. He has successfully displayed the eccentric behavior of an old genius who wants recognition. R. Madhavan is getting better with each movie. He has done full justice with his character.
The 4 newcomers are looking very promising. Siddharth, Shraddha and Dhruv get maximum footage but Vaibhav catches the attention more.
There are many cameos of many actors like Jackie Shroff, Ajay Devgn, Tinnu Anand and Shakti Kapoor which makes the movie confusing and boring.
The cast also includes Raima Sen who is ok, Barry John, Anjan Srivastava and Mahesh Manjrekar who are nice in their small roles. Last but not the least Sir Ben Kingsley is quite impressive in the film.
Director Leena Yadav has done a great job. She has successfully depicted the greed of all the characters perfectly. But the complexity of the story spoils the interest of audiences. The story sometime looks too weird to believe, like Amitabh Bachchan gets Sir Isaac Newton Award in the film. The dialogues delivered by Mr. Bachchan are too lengthy and boring.
Cinematography by Aseem Bajaj is wonderful and music by Salim-Sulaiman is very catchy, especially the item song performed by Brazilian model Mariah ‘Neeyat kharab’.
The movie has two legendry actors and good performances but it fails to attract because of uneven storyline.
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Amitabh acting was good.’Niyat’ song was awesome.The movie was an average movie.