Simply A Masterpiece

Don't listen to the negative reviews

A Masterpiece!

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

I beg to differ from the negative reviews. It may be a copy of 21. But I kept an open mind when I watched it. Yes, even though its a copy the actors were really good. The debut artists particularly were awesome. How can you not give them the credits for acting so good?? Yes I guessed the ending way before, but it does not take away the fact that the acting was superb and I personally enjoyed the movie. Good movie with a good underlying message to it. I don't know why people would give bad ratings to this movie...there are many cheap comedy flicks which pass the box office with positive reviews and higher ratings. If you are into serious movies, not expecting slapstick comedy...then yes this movie can be for you...Give it a try with an open mind.

Teen Patti is a complete disaster. There is no coherence and most of the scenes were just shot without having any context and meaning. There were some characters (Bikram's roommate, Ben Kingsley) who didn't have any reason to be part of this movie.The basic theme of the movie itself is technically flawed. Teen Patti is a game where maths cannot play any role in increasing your winning probability to more than 50% as opposed to Black Jack where card counting can increase your winning probability to more than 50%.The director didn't trust the intelligence of the audience enough to find it necessary to explain Professor Venkat's game strategy. There so many loose ends in the movie for which no explanation was offered as to the how's and why's behind Sid's money being stolen (the red bag of money) and placed in Bikram's room. The kidnap plot was very comical.I would rate 'Neal n Nikki', 'Home Delivery', 'Kisna' much better than this movie :)

15-20 people in the theatre again. Another flop. Teen Patti starts off OK. Amitabh Bacchan explains probability and some how manages to predict which hand will in a game of Teen Patti. Then, it starts to fade away with sequences which offer nothing of interest one after the other.As the movie progresses, it becomes more pointless. It is disjointed and badly edited which gets poorer by the second. It becomes a movie which says greed is bad and shows how relationships break down, student commits suicide in stress and keeps ramming the fact that trying to earn money by this method is dirty. Then there is the supposed main plot of the movie where they are trying to find out the mysterious blackmailer which pops up every twenty minutes only to disappear.And I haven't come to Ben Kingsley-Amitabh Bacchan scenes. First of all all we know is Ben Kingsley is a rich man, probably owner of a casino. And every 40 minutes there is a scene between the two mulling about life and giving away philosophies which are drab. Worst of all, they are dubbed in Hindi which is ****ing ridiculous. Makes the dialogues seem even more pointless, if that's possible.And the acting by the actors including Amitabh Bachchan is very ordinary. I give the movie a 0.5/10 and that's only because I like two songs in the movie.

Who would've thought Bollywood producers would dare to experiment with a script on Mathematical Probablity equations!!! But, here we go - Amitabh Bachchan as Professor Venkat Subramaniam is a reclusive Math teacher in a college where no one really appreciates his ideas because of his eccentric ways. Silently buried in research for 30 years something, Venkat suddenly hits upon a blockbuster theory, something that should forever change the course of mathematics. According to the director, probably the last person to make similar impact in the field of Mathematics was Sir Issac Newton when he saw the apple fall from a tree. As a symbolism, the professor is shown receiving the Cambridge University's Issac Newton nomination before the credits roll.So far, so good. But, I lost interest in the film as soon as it was clearly evident that a lot of scenes had been straight lifted from Kevin Spacey starring "21". From a Jim Sturgess character who's facing a huge debt and must somehow find a way out (Madhavan's character), to a genius Mathematics professor who hits upon a brainwave idea in "Teen Patti"; in the English version it was Blackjack. Throw in scenes of gambling dens, underworld criminals and you get the complete picture. I was able to predict climax scenes too, such as the identity of the blackmailer.I was expecting to see more out of Ben Kingsley but his character was simply mired in some sort of mystique without backing it up with background or foundation. But, the bigger disappointment was this blatant script plagiarism. That alone should make me rate it 2 stars or less.