Agnivo Niyogi of The Telegraph reviewed the film and wrote "Tekka is a nerve-wracking hostage thriller, anchored by a nuanced performance from Dev in a de-glam avatar.Read at source
Tekka 2024
Synopsis
Tekka
Tekka (transl. Ace) is a 2024 Indian Bengali-language vigilante action thriller film co-written and directed by Srijit Mukherji. Produced by Gurupada Adhikari and Dev under the banner of Dev Entertainment Ventures, the film is based on a story of the same name by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay, which itself is loosely inspired from the West Bengal School Service Commission recruitment scam (2022).
- Director
- Srijit Mukherji
- Studio
- —
- Run time
- 135 min
- Language
- Bengali
Reviews
10 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Generally Positive
Critics' aggregate for Tekka is 73/100 from 7 scored critic/publication reviews.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 11 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- performances
- writing
- music
- visual craft
Positive 10
Anurupa Chakraborty of the Indian Express rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "Every actor's acting along with the two child actors, combined with the tight screenplay by Srijit Mukherjee and Palit's cinematography is the heart of the film." She praised the climax of the film, the indulging script and the strong writing for all the characters.Read at source
Bhaswati Ghosh of TV9 Bangla reviewed the film and wrote "The tone of the film is not for the celebration of happiness on Durga Puja.Read at source
Biswadip Dey of Sangbad Pratidin reviewed the film and wrote "Dev and Srijit Mukherjee are the two nuclear factors of the film." He praised Mukherjee's engrossing screenplay, the songs and specially the background score, which aptly complements the scenes.Read at source
Deboleena Ghosh of Ei Samay rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "The film speaks about the sharp divide in the society between the rich and the poor." She praised the music, songs and acting of the whole cast, specially Dev, Rukmini and Paran Bandyopadhyay.Read at source
Poorna Banerjee of the Times of India rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote that it belongs to the genre of Srijit's films like Vinci Da, Dwitiyo Purush or Chotushkone.Read at source
Shamayita Chakraborty of OTTplay rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Tekka is a thrilling but one-time watch." She praised the acting, direction, dialogues, cinematography, songs and BGM but criticized the storyline, the storytelling, unnecessary guest appearance and the not appropriate title of the film as per the plot.Read at source
Subhasmita Kanji of Hindustan Times rated the film 3.7 out of 5 stars and wrote she was disappointed with the first half but the second half compensated it.Read at source
Subhodeep Bandyopadhyay of The Wall rated the film 7.5 out of 10 stars and wrote "Tekka is a voice against the mistreatment of the poor strata of people.Read at source
Sudeep Ghosh of Anandabazar Patrika rated the film 8 out of 10 stars and wrote "Tekka is a commercial Bengali hostage thriller film including all the mass masala elements." He mentioned that: intense plot, unexpected twists, good acting and complex situations, the film had everything.Read at source
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Details
Soundtrack
- Theme Jete Jete Kabir Suman
- Tomay Chhere Jete Parlam Koi Anupam Roy
- Taasher Deshe Timir Biswas
- Tomay Chhere Jete Parlam Koi (Female Version) Rapurna Bhattacharya
Technical specs
- Run time
- 135 min
- Language
- Bengali
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Srijit Mukherji
Trivia
- The film was officially announced in August 2023 under the tentative title Dev 45, marking actor Dev's 45th film as a lead actor.
- Principal photography commenced in January 2024 in Kolkata.
- Aameya Bose made her acting debut in the film alongside special appearances by Kaushik Sen, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Sudeshna Roy, and director Srijit Mukherji.
- The movie was released worldwide on 8 October 2024 on the occasion of Durga Puja.
- Tekka grossed over 8 crore, emerging as the third highest grossing Bengali film of 2024.