Teen Patti review: Just another over hyped movie

Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley starrer Teen Patti has come to the theatres but expect no ordinary people to go and enjoy the movie because he would not understand what the movie is about. The biggest weakness of the movie is that the subject of the movie caters to the test of the educated people. Amitabh Bachchan played an unsuccessful math professor, Venkat Subaramanium, whose superiors claim that his research findings have no real world application.

However, his theory of probability could predict the winner in a card game and bring in lots of money. Venkat was then persuaded by his colleague, Prof. Shantanu Biswas, to use the theory. The two professors and a bunch of students then start hanging out at the various underground gambling dens of Mumbai. What starts as an experiment turns into matter of greed and deception which ends when one of the students commit suicide.

Though Sir Ben Kingsley got lots of media coverage while talking about the movie. In reality, his role is very short. He is just a listener. Script of the movie is another weakness. Sometimes the characters say these dialogues but it does not make any sense. Director Leena Yadav tried to reveal the dark side of gambling and tried to create an environment surrounded by rich and greedy people which did not look very convincing. In 21, the movie from which Teen Patti’s story has been taken, shows an evil professor using his students. Here, the two professors, target students with troubled pasts.

Both Ben Kingsley and Amitabh Bachchan played their role very well. Madhavan was fine with his role. Among the four new characters, Dhruv Ganesh got lots of exposure but others did not have much presence in the movie.

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Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley star in Teen Patti

Teen Patti, a thriller movie, is going to release in theatres today. The story of “Teen Patti” has been inspired from Kevin Spacey starrer drama film “21.” Only the main story has been taken from the movie, while the setting has been entirely changed. “Teen Patti” stars Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley two most famous actors of the eastern and western cinema.

Earlier, rumor spread out that British actor, Pierce Brosnan, would play a role in the movie. A portion of the movie was shot in London. Teen Patti tells the story of a group of genious people who lost their ways into greed and deception. Ben Kingsley played the role of Perci Trachtenberg, who is considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians in the world. Trachtenberg met Prof. Venkat Subramaniam, a reclusive but talented math professor from India at a high rolling casino in London where Venkat tells Perci about his discovery and the suffering it brought into his life.

Venkat told Perci that he discovered a math theory that would change the world of mathematics forever. Venkat’s new theory would redefine the principles of probability and randomness. He wanted to test his new theory in the real world after being persuaded by professor Shantanu at the game of teen patti, a poker game. However, what started as an experiment turned out to be serious game of life and death.

Sir Ben Kingsley and Amitabh Bachchan Together in Teen Patti

Oscar winning Hollywood actor Sir Ben Kingsley will appear in a Bollywood movie titled Teen Patti along with Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan. The film was shot in India as well as in England, but Ben Kingsley shot all his scenes in UK. Sir Ben Kingsley has an Indian origin thanks to his father who had lineage to Gujarat, India. He shot to fame with his performance in the eight Oscar winning movie Gandhi in 1882.

It is expected that Teen Patti can have huge success like Slumdog Millionaire, a Danny Boyle directorial that clinched 8 Oscars this year. No matter whether it follows the footsteps of Slumdog Millionair or not, the movie has already caught the attention of Bollywood moviegoers who are eagerly waiting to see Sir Ben Kingsley and Amitabh Bachchan together on the big screen. Ben Kingsley has recently said that the movie Teen Patti provided a reconnection with India, a country for which he feels very deeply.