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). Based on the Korean film, Montage, Te3n is a whodunnit that is simple in its intention but clever in its execution.