Kingsley is paired with one of the great classic stars of the Indian screen, Amitabh Bachchan, who brings such commitment and gravitas to the lead role of Venkat, a tortured Mumbai mathematician, that you almost think he doesn’t know how ridiculous his Free Online Movie is.

In “Teen Patti,” Movie Download Free Venkat’s theories allow him to master the titular card game, essentially a three-card version of poker.Bollywood Movie

Leena’s direction shows maturity in her second outing. A number of sequences are deftly executed. But how one wished Leena would learn the art of narrating stories within commercial parameters. Aseem Bajaj’s cinematography is striking. The visuals are simply incredible. Salim-Sulaiman’s music has two catchy tracks – ‘Neeyat’ [the moves of the dancer are tantalising] and the track towards the end credits. The usage of B&W in this song is truly imaginative. The choreography of both these songs [Ashley Lobo] is superb.

Bachchan plays the role of a mathematician with remarkable ease. One cannot imagine anyone else in this character other than Bachchan. Especially noteworthy are the sequences between Bachchan and Sir Ben. Madhavan is excellent. The actor displays the grey shades most convincingly. The film introduces four new talents and each is confidence personified. Siddharth, Shraddha and Dhruv get maximum footage and they stand out. Vaibhav has tremendous screen presence, but his role lacks meat.

Raima Sen is alright. Barry John is first-rate. Anjan Srivastava is good. Mahesh Manjrekar is effective. Saira Mohan is hardly there. Sir Ben Kingsley is an amazing actor and expectedly, he’s brilliant here. It’s a treat to watch these two magicians – Sir Ben and Bachchan – perform on screen.

On the whole, TEEN PATTI is a fresh concept for Indian viewers, made well, but limits itself to the intelligentsia and big city audiences mainly.

Though The New York Times was kinder to the film than The Post and Time Out, the review faulted the director Leena Yadav for not making the film gripping. ‘Ms Yadav, attempting something more than a typical Hindi movie, can’t quite control her story either,’ the review noted. ‘The students are broadly sketched (greed is their dominant trait) or one-note, making the revelations at the end dead on arrival.’

The review gave Bachchan more credit than Kingsley. ‘His scenery chewing provides the movie with some of the heat that its card games fail to generate,’ the review argued. ‘Mr Kingsley and Mr Bachchan’s scenes together have real charm. They’re like two old pros from different leagues tossing a ball around: loose, smooth, in no doubt of their power.’

Meanwhile, Shah Rukh Khan’s [ Images ] My Name Is Khan became his highest grossing film in North America over the weekend, narrowly overtaking Om Shanti Om [ Images ]. Despite a fall in the third week, MNIK reached $3.6 million. Only two other Hindi films have made more in North America — Deepa Mehta’s Water made $4.5 million and Rajkumar Hirani’s [ Images ] 3 Idiots made $6.6 million.

In the UK though, MNIK triumphed over 3 Idiots grossing about $3.5 million, about 25 percent more than the latter. The Shah Rukh film has grossed a strong $32.6 million worldwide, according to The Hollywood Reporter.