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silvan-desouza Leena Yadav got criticised badly with her first film Shabd which was a flop, she made a comeback with TEEN PATTI which was a launch of Shraddha Kapoor, Siddharth Kher and some more, it brought together Amitabh Bachchan with Ben Kingsley,alongwith Madhavan. The film is a remake of 21 which starred Ben Kingsley himself The film had an interesting premise but the execution doesn't work entirely,it has some fleeting cameos, a few necessary but some forced like Ajay Devgans The film has interesting twists and turns, onlything it gets slow paced and also at times it's difficult to understand But yet it is a decent filmDirection by Leena Yadav is decent Music is good, Neeyat Kharab Hai being the bestAmitabh Bachchan is simply outstanding, no other actor could play it better, Ben Kingsley is royally wasted in an inconsequential role, Madhavan is terrific in his role, Newcomers Siddharth Kher is good, Shradda Kapoor was pretty ordinary, Dhruv Ganesh is superb as Bikram, Vaibhav is okay, Ajay Devgan has one scene,Mahesh Manjerekar is fab in one scene, Shakti Kapoor makes a cameo, interestingly he plays a gambler who has a betting habit, and speaks bad language next to his daughter. Anjan Shrivastav and others are okay

paradoxpersonified This is one of the most senseless movies that I have ever come across. Most of the scenes just come and go by and you are left to wonder why were they included in the first place. There are many cameos in the movie but again no point of them. Here are my problems with this awful flick1) No character depth. None of the students seemed to have any parents to control their activities in the hostel. The students seemed to be least concerned about their safety and studies. By the way, was it actually an engineering college? Lol! 2) Shraddha's character is so badly written. That she is an Indian girl who might have some inhibitions before visiting these underground places in skimpy clothes is something that the director seems to have completely overlooked. And, anyway, why was she required in the gambling dens? Just to divert others attention towards something else so that her accomplices can carry on with their sign language safely? I mean how dumb is that! 3) When her character is molested or perhaps raped, then she doesn't seem to be too perturbed. neither did Amitabh's character show any sympathy towards her. And when that skinny guy committed suicide at the end, everything ended! I mean a girl's rape/molestation doesn't count for anything? 4) Anybody who has played Flash or who has studied probability will tell you that no matter how much you research it is impossible to do what Amitabh's character was shown doing in the movie. Does the director think we are all illiterate fools who would believe just anything? 5) Why was everybody so scared of being followed or being tracked? Is visiting gambling dens and winning some cash there so dangerous that everyone at once will start following you? Also, why did Abbas have to ask these group of dumbos to visit posh clubs? Don't they have any sense in their mind? I mean just because he is rich, only he can go to these high society clubs? 6) Why did Abbas get involved in the mess? To seek thrills? I mean come on, get a life! The only way to seek thrills is by attending these clubs and playing cards? You are loaded man, you have options galore!!! 7) What was up with that foreigner who seemed to be interested in Madhavan? In fact what was up with Tinu Anand, Shakti Kapoor and Ajay Devgan? Why were these people included? To look dumb in a crappy flick? 8) Why did all these actors sign this movie? Doesn't Amitabh have any idea about which scripts are good and which suck? He has so much of experience and he is also talented but one look at his filmography (RGV Ki Aag, Alladin, Teen Patti, Boom, Baghban and so on) will be able to convince you that that he lacks some brains! 9) Is it so easy to be out frequently from your hostel and college without any one suspecting you? Did Amitabh and Madhavan did not have any conscience considering the things that they asked their students to do? By the way, was Madhavan a professor? I mean, seriously, was he a teacher in the 'college'? 10) Was Amitabh a genius? He was shown playing this stupid game on the computer, then he seemed to be under the impression that the only people who would accept his theories and thesis are his employers, he actually believed that things could be levitated just like that (actually what was that levitating trick? are we a bunch of dumba**es who would believe that?), he was able to be manipulated so easily......does someone become a genius by aping Einstein? Aaargh, if you are planning to watch this flick, plz don't do it, it would be a wastage of your time. Highly un-recommended!

asankabg-1 Too bad.. That's it. Poor performance Poor Script Please watch movie 21. Try to understand the difference. I watched 21 and it's a great movie Now Bollywood is trying to copy, This is lack of creativity. I was so disappointed by watching this. Don't waste your time to watch this. It was quite surprising to see the way Ben was introduced to the audiences and also the strange kind of dialogues filmed on him, dubbed in the voice of Boman Irani. No doubt Ben looks great on the screen and excels in his short cameo, but was his inclusion in the movie required at all in the first place. Any other English actor could have easily done the job as it was not that important for the movie. But the makers called him in only to increase the face value of their project and nothing else. In straight words, Sir Ben Kingsley is simply wasted in the movie and the director simply misses the great opportunity she was given to work with.

bobbysing The title of the movie is "Teen Patti" which is the Indian famous name for the card game of Flash. And if you really know the game and also happen to be a great player of the same then the movie is simply not going to win its game against you. In few words it can only partly impress the people, who know nothing about the game and are there in the theater only for watching just another new release on a routine Friday.Frankly speaking, If you are making a movie on Card Gambling and also naming it with a title such as "Teen Patti" then you simply ought to know about the finer details of the game and its thrilling moments. But after watching the flick it seems that the director Leena Yadav knows nothing about the game in details and has made her second movie only around an inspired idea from the West. In fact all the writer-director knows about the game is a blind, three aces and numerous trails which come so easily in the game as if someone is setting the cards for the main players.Moreover, all the thrill, excitement and skills involved in the game can be found no-where in the movie, which in turn takes away all the charm associated with its tempting title. Written around the character of a Math's Professor who is working on a perfect theory of Probability, the movie takes the viewer as granted and explains nothing in technical terms about his unique achievement. The director is simply not interested in telling the viewer that how the professor and his team are operating on the gambling tables and winning continuously. In reality, whether the makers accept it or not, the project takes majority of its content from Hollywood's "21" released in 2008 featuring Kevin Spacey in the lead role of a professor. But Leena Yadav unimpressive handling of the project is quite timid in comparison with its western original."Teen Patti" starts off with a foreign sequence featuring both Amitabh Bachchan and Sir Ben Kingsley in the same frame. From there on the movie is entirely narrated in flashbacks where Amitabh is sharing his past year's experiences with Ben. It was quite surprising to see the way Ben was introduced to the audiences and also the strange kind of dialogues filmed on him, dubbed in the voice of Boman Irani. No doubt Ben looks great on the screen and excels in his short cameo, but was his inclusion in the movie required at all in the first place. Any other English actor could have easily done the job as it was not that important for the movie. But the makers called him in only to increase the face value of their project and nothing else. In straight words, Sir Ben Kingsley is simply wasted in the movie and the director simply misses the great opportunity she was given to work with.However, there are few entertaining moments in "Teen Patti" which keep you engrossed at regular intervals, but they all are too scattered to give you a lasting impression. Like the scenes in the local gambling dens in the first half and the sequence where Amitabh challenges the Black-mailer while holding the money bag in his hands. The later one is unarguably the best scene of the movie. Apart from these the most enjoyable moment of "Teen Patti" is when you have Mr. Mahesh Manjrekar on the screen in full spirits as a local Bhai. He thoroughly entertains you in a short cameo with his funny facial expressions, an authentic body language and hilarious "Tapori" lingo. All the other special appearances by Jackie Shroff, Tinnu Anand, Shakti Kapoor and Ajay Devgan are strictly OK.Cinematography proves as an asset of the movie with many well conceived sequences of gambling dens and their prefect visuals. Salim Suleiman and Ashley Lobo both have done a good job in the only song of the movie "Teri Neeyat Kharaab Hai". Interestingly at one end the director is intelligent enough to us only one song in the movie and avoids any unwanted elaborate love angle in the storyline. But on the other hand she is so confusing in her execution and completely lost in the writing department of her big project. For instance in the whole movie you keep wondering what kind of professor is Madhavan teaching in the same college, dressed just like the other students and Why on earth Amitabh and his team takes a beautiful girl along with them to the risky gambling dens in the get up of a prostitute? (Where she doesn't even contribute anything in the game.) Amitabh Bachchan as the genius professor performs his role efficiently with few glimpses of the professor from "Black" in some particular scenes. Yet at certain places I found him doing it with a greater spirit and force than actually required. His speech in the climax also fails to catch your attention in absence of any well written and appreciable lines. Madhavan looks confused along with the writers as they never care to tell us what specific subject he teaches in the college and what kind of debt he is in. The four new talents introduced in the movie perform with the right confidence and excel. Especially Shraddha Kapoor and Dhruv stand out of the lot as they also get the maximum exposure on the screen. Raima Sen is passable but Barry John is truly excellent in his few scenes.In short, "Teen Patti" fails to provide the much needed thrill and excitement associated with its title. In gambling language, director Lena Yadav holds nothing in her hands in the name of cards but tries to play a bluff with the big names of Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley. Amusingly I felt a strong urge of seeing Dev Anand's "Gambler" once again, after watching this weak interpretation of the game.