(The perpetrator was never found.) John holds himself responsible, but the police have little interest in re-opening the case. For the last eight years, John has gone down to the police station almost every day, trying to get to the bottom of what happened to his 8-year-old granddaughter, Angela, who was kidnapped eight years ago and then killed. The central character, John Biswas (Amitabh Bachchan), is a grandfather with stiff limbs, a full head of grayish hair, and heavy-framed glasses, all of which combine to make him look like the soul of senior ineffectuality. Yet if you stick with it, you’ll know what it feels like to watch an extended episode of “Law & Order: Kolkata” in which the powers of law enforcement generate all the more intrigue for not totally knowing what they’re doing. “Te3n” may, in fact, be too quiet to succeed here it’s both pokier and longer than it needs to be. This is an underworld drama in which the excitement of solving crime rarely overshadows the disturbance that crime causes (even for those committing it). TE3N is a gripping thriller that brings together these two parallel investigations into the 2 kidnappings and builds up into an explosive, emotionally-charged film.The fascination of “Te3n” (no, that’s not a misprint - the title is pronounced “teen,” which is Hindi for the number three, which refers to the trio of lead characters) is that although it’s a gritty procedural thriller about a kidnapping and child murder, with themes of loss, violence, justice, and revenge, the movie is much quieter around the edges than its American counterpart would be.
While the priest and the cop tackle the new kidnapping, John doggedly pieces together the identity of Angela`s kidnapper from little bits of information that he collects through his own investigations. Father Martin is once again dragged into the investigation by cop Sarita Sarkar.
But then, 1 day, 8 years after that tragic incident, there is another kidnapping and everything about it echoes of similarity with the kidnapping of Angela. The only person whose help he seeks is Martin Das, an ex-cop turned priest who has one thing in common with John the death of Angela had a life altering impact on both men. He continues to visit the police station where he is shunned and ignored every day.
But eight years later, while the world has moved, John hasn`t given up his relentless quest for justice. It`s been 8 years since John Biswas lost his granddaughter, Angela, in a tragic kidnapping incident that scarred him and his wife Nancy forever.
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