8x10 Tasveer-Review

8x10 Tasveer - A Nagesh Kukkunoor movie with Akshay Kumar –thriller—put all the three together and you can swear by the fact the movie will keep you glued to the seats...But this was far from reality…arm yourself with a huge basket of pop corn and some good company to help you survive all the 'what was that?' moments…

Jai(Akshay Kumar) has some kind of super natural power that lets him have a 1 minute peek into the lives of the people if he can get hold of their snap…whats interesting is that only the last one minute after the snaps been taken are what akshay gets to see …and this insight hold true irrespective of it being a hard copy or an image in the mobile…this also has a side effect of him almost slipping into coma and having to rush for a blood transfusion post the vision…I doubt any doctor can explain this strange phenomena...never mind…He’s also a forest officer or something chasing bear hunters and diving off cliffs as if its the easiest thing to do ( the promos give us a peak into this psycho side of the character) …

His dad dies under not-so-mysterious circumstances and everyone assumes it was a normal heart attack...till this loony character who introduces himself as Happi with an ‘I’ (Javed Jaffrey in an adorable role) plants a seed in Jai’s head that his dad was murdered..

The rest of the movie was a mystery. The climax was the most bizarre one that one could ever think of …for a man of Nagesh’s sensibilities and his talent, I still don’t know what made him direct a movie so senseless… Like a PC Sarkar act, a twin brother of Jai’s appears in the ending. From the time he had accidently disappeared while he was just 10 or 11 to to his come back...you left wondering of his upbringing and where abouts for all these years...

Sharmila Tagore as his mum din’t really add anything great to the movie, while the rest of the caste was just ok…the only surviving grace was Javed Jaffrey. Whenever he comes on screen, he tickles you with his hyderabaadi accent and brilliant performance…Ayesha Takia as Jai’s girls done a completely different role…so different you really don’t know what shes doing in the movie…

For man whose delivered Dorr and Hyderabad Blues, this movie was a downer...Its good to explore new genres, but this time the result is disastrous.Unless you wanna beat the heat and find solace in the air conditioned theatres, give this a miss.

My ratings- *