8x10 Tasweer Movie Review
8x10 Tasweer is the story of a young man with a unique mystical gift of looking into the past of dead people. Akshay Kumar takes a pause from comedy and funny and over-the-top roles to play a reserved, passive and difficult character in this film by director Nagesh Kukunoor .
The movie stars Akshay, Ayesha Takia , Javed Jaffrey , Girish Karnad , Sharmila Tagore, Anant Mahadevan, Benjamin Gilani.
Akshay plays Jai Puri, a thirty-plus man who has an exceptional mystical gift to see into the past of dead people by touching an object related to them or by seeing their photos.
His family, friends and even he at times is unconvinced of this power. But Jai manages to eke out a living in this land so steeped in trust of the weird.
Ayesha Takia plays Jai's wife and also the breadwinner of the family. She diffidently believes in her husband's powers. Jai is not on discussion terms with his father Jatin Puri (Benjamin Gilani), who is an oil mogul, living a generous life of comfort and fame. Jai never wished to follow his father's profession but nevertheless loved him deep within. Check 8x10 Tasweer Mp3 Songs at mp3feelings.com
Sharmila Tagore plays Jai's mother Savitri, a woman torn between her husband and son. She truthfully wishes her son to come back to the family fold. A personal disaster incites Jai to use his supernatural powers to unpick a secrecy that seems impenetrable to an ordinary mind. But Jai's mind is not everyday.
The film has Akshay Kumar doing some dangerous stunts. In one scene he jumps off the edge of a high rock face and lands into water. The stunt was shot with the help of security cables. In another stunt, Akshay, tied with manacles, sinks underwater where he can't use his arms to swim back to the surface. It's almost a Houdini kind of stunt where Akshay release himself.
Director Nagesh Kukunoor describes '8x10 Tasveer' as an action thriller. Apparently, Akshay and Nagesh had their differences in the initial days of shooting but soon they got used to each other's style of working.
'8x10 Tasveer' is written by Kukunoor and has music by Salim-Suleiman and Bohemia.
The film is produced by Percept Picture Company.
'8x10 Tasveer' is set for release on April 3, 2009.