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FILM REVIEW: Tekka

The twist in the climax is the real 'ace' Cast: Dev, Swastika Mukherjee, Rukmini Maitra, Paran Bandopadhyay, Kamleshwar Mukherjee, S...


The twist in the climax is the real 'ace'
Cast: Dev, Swastika Mukherjee, Rukmini Maitra, Paran Bandopadhyay, Kamleshwar Mukherjee, Sujan Mukherjee, Aryan Bhowmick, Sreeja Dutta

Rating: 2.5*

Director Srijit Mukherjee off late has become too complacent with his works (Oti Uttam, Dwasham Avatar, Padatik) with his movies having the hype but in the end, all falling flat. Even while watching Tekka, you feel that the film is meandering so much that you start yawning, getting restless, and praying the film ends soon. But then all of a sudden, you are woken up to a shocking and unexpected climax which makes you clap for the director and feel that he has still something left in him. He also extracts one the best performances out of Rukmini Maitra who is the actual surprise of the film. She underplays her role and at no point goes overboard. She proves and carries most of the burden of the film on her shoulders. Even Dev (using a lot of cuss words) does wonderfully well despite his limitations as an actor. All these factors make Tekka a one-time watch. Srijit also borrows the humane elements of the hostage drama from the film John Q (remade as Sanjay Dutt's Tathatsu) but is careless in executing it thus making it a sloppy affair.

Iqlakh (Dev) loses his job as a janitor in a multinational firm after getting into an altercation with one of the sales managers. At home, his son complains that his school has refused to call out his name as fees have not been paid. Out of sheer frustration, Iqlakh kidnaps a random girl Avantika from St. Benjamin's School and holds her hostage in the same office from which he was fired a day ago. ACP Maya Khastogir (Rukmini) is assigned to the case to negotiate by the Commissioner (Kamleshwar Mukherjee). Iqlakh demands his job back personally from none other than the owner of the company Anubrata Adhikari (Paran Bandopadhyay in a different avatar) who is also contesting for elections. But in a turn of events, Avantika's mother Ira Sengupta (a good but overweight Swastika Mukherjee) kidnaps Iqlakh's son and brings him hostage face-to-face with Iqlakh. Maya is at a crossroads trying to pacify both Iqlakh and Ira and getting their demands met. But then the twist in the climax unfolds which leaves the audience stunned!

The kidnapping is most amateurish in execution with Iqlakh running a really long way and even Maya's repetitive dialogues to build the trust of the junior cops make it a laughable affair. 

The young journalists Brishti and Tintin, played by Sreeja Dutta and Aryan Bhowmick, who cover the entire hostage drama for 48 hours, shine in their roles. Sujan Mukherjee as their boss is passable. Pushparag (Tota) Roy Chowdhury as Maya's husband Rajiv and Kaushik Sen as Altaf, Ira's husband both make adorable but pointless guest appearances. Kabir Suman's iconic song 'Theme jete jete' is used. The dialogues by Srijit Mukherjee are quite engaging and he uses expletives really well.

Why the film's name is 'Tekka' is still a mystery but the climax is the real 'ace'.

 

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