Release Date: 26 February, 2010
Director: Leena Yadav
Producer: Ambika A Hinduja
Star cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Sir Ben Kingsley, R. Madhavan, Shraddha Kapoor, Dhruv Ganesh, Siddharth Kher, Vaibhav Talwar, Saira Mohan, Raima Sen
CHARACTER SKETCHES
Amitabh Bachchan as Venkat Subramanyam, the reclusive math genius at the heart of Teen Patti, the discovery of his equation will change all other equations. He knows knowledge is priceless - but what if the price of knowledge is life itself?
Ben Kingsley as Perci Trachtenberg, the magician and maverick mathematican, the only man who can and does recognize Venkat's brilliance. A spectator to the game, he keeps the wheels of the plot turning.
R. Madhavan as Shantanu Biswas, dashing and dangerous, his ambitionand greed get in the way of clear thinking - and morality. Forced to choose between love and lust, this decision will leave his life hanging in balance.
Siddharth Kher as Siddharth Bajaj, also known as Sid, Lead singer for the cool college band, a rebel without a cause, his restless mind is an apt match for the twists and turns of Teen Patti.
Shraddha Kapoor as Aparna Khanna, Quiet but determined, Apu as she's known by her gang - loses her innocence to a game of Teen Patti. Keen to succeed and make a name for herself, she learns that the betrayals in a game are nothing compared to the betrayals in love.
Vaibhav Talwar as Abbas Sheikh, Perversely rich and shy as an owl, he has to choose between his dynasty and the exhilaration of Teen Patti. But he was born to play. He
just didn't know it until it was too late.
Dhruv Ganesh as Bikram Ashwin Dhar, The small town boy, the great hope of his family. A key player of the team, his biggest lure is education - and the stable life
that comes with a good degree. Lured into the jaws of greed by his needs, his life is littered with choices that will mark him forever.
Saira Mohan as Mrs. K, Morally ambiguous and drop dead gorgeous, the film's femme fatale has more than a few tricks up her sleeve. Will moving up mean mowing down what is in her path?
Raima Sen as Shivani Mukherjee, Shantanu's girlfriend, steady and kind, she discovers
the hard way that a moral conscience is perhaps the most disastrous accessory a woman can own.
SYNOPSIS
Set in India and England, starring two acting legends of our times - czar of the Indian film industry, Amitabh Bachchan and Academy Award Winner Sir Ben Kingsley - Teen Patti is an emotionally riveting and razor sharp thriller about greed, deception and giant feats of imagination.
Sir Ben Kingsley, essays Perci Trachtenberg, regarded as the world's greatest living mathematician. Perci meets Venkat, played by Amitabh Bachchan, a reclusive math genius from India, at a casino in London. Venkat tells Perci about an equation that could not only change the dialogue on mathematics forever but one that has imprinted guilt - for many painful reasons - on Venkat's life.
As it turns out, the reclusive genius Venkat has cracked a theory that could redefine the principles of probability and randomness. One of Venkat's fellow professors, Shantanu - essayed by South Indian super star R Madhavan - encourages him to test the theory out in the real world. Madhavan believes Venkat's equation could crack the card game, Teen Patti, which could rake in all the moolah. Along with a few students, each with a complex fate, they explore the addas (underground gambling dens) of Bombay. A series of
edge-of-your-seat escapades keep the film moving faster than a bullet.
But what starts out as an experiment between a charismatic young professor and an eccentric older one quickly descends into a game neither can control. As their lives sink into maddening chaos, the greed and desperation that fueled them can no longer save them.
Perci understands that Venkat's theory in essence questions the idea of what is random - and of what is fated. A deeply moving redemption, initiated by Perci, closes this stupendously modern film that is as much about the private equations of honor and chance, and about knowledge that can change the world. But what if the price of this knowledge is life itself?
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