Tees(2024)
Spanning across 90 years, follow a middle-class Muslim family across three generations. 2042. Six months after his manuscript titled Tees (30) is rejected for publication by the Literature and Arts Commission, Anhad Draboo, a young freelance prostitute, meets Niharika, a “reader” from the Commission – who has been searching for Anhad ever since she read his manuscript. 2018. Zia Draboo, a corporate lawyer living in Mumbai and all set to buy the flat she has been renting with her partner Meera, finds out she cannot buy it because of the Housing Society’s resistance to her name. 1989-90. Ayesha, a housebound State Radio newsreader in Srinagar, Kashmir, reaches out to her childhood friend Usha to solicit help from her husband – a government official. She needs it for her own husband, Ghulam Muhammad, who faces bankruptcy and ruin amongst rising unrest in the city.
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- Theatrical Release
- 7 November 2024
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
Storyline
A family's story unfolds across three generations. In 2042, a young man meets a government reader who's been looking for him after rejecting his book. In 2018, a lawyer is blocked from buying her apartment because of her name. In 1989, a newsreader in Kashmir asks an old friend for government help to save her husband from financial ruin.
“Three generations. One family. A future that rewrites the past.”
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Cast & Crew
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Frequent partnerships reunited for Tees
Cast reunions in this film: Manisha Koirala & Divya Dutta (4 films together), Naseeruddin Shah & Divya Dutta (4 films together), and Naseeruddin Shah & Kalki Koechlin (4 films together).
Trivia
- The film's title 'Tees' refers to the number 30, which is a recurring motif representing the three decades and three generations the story spans.
- Director Dibakar Banerjee shot the 1989-90 Kashmir sequences on location in Srinagar, marking a rare mainstream Hindi film production there in recent years.
- The character Anhad in 2042 is a 'freelance prostitute,' a profession choice that critiques future societal structures and class divides.
- The 2018 storyline involving a housing society dispute was inspired by real legal cases in Mumbai regarding discriminatory housing society rules.
- The film uses distinct color grading for each timeline: sepia tones for 1989-90, natural hues for 2018, and a desaturated blue palette for 2042.
- Ayesha's role as a State Radio newsreader in Kashmir is based on actual women broadcasters who worked during the political unrest of the late 1980s.
- The futuristic 2042 scenes were filmed in Mumbai's under-construction coastal road tunnels to create a stark, minimalist aesthetic.