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8 x 10 Tasveer

  • 20092009
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  • 2h 2m
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5.4/10
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Akshay Kumar in 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009)
A forest ranger with the ability to visit the past by looking at photographs attempts to solve the mystery behind his father's sudden death.
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A forest ranger with the ability to visit the past by looking at photographs attempts to solve the mystery behind his father's sudden death.A forest ranger with the ability to visit the past by looking at photographs attempts to solve the mystery behind his father's sudden death.A forest ranger with the ability to visit the past by looking at photographs attempts to solve the mystery behind his father's sudden death.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
5.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
46,792
1,232
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    • Director
      • Nagesh Kukunoor
    • Writers
      • Bohemia(lyrics)
      • Nagesh Kukunoor
      • Sameer(lyrics)
    • Stars
      • Akshay Kumar
      • Ayesha Takia
      • Jaaved Jaaferi
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Nagesh Kukunoor
    • Writers
      • Bohemia(lyrics)
      • Nagesh Kukunoor
      • Sameer(lyrics)
    • Stars
      • Akshay Kumar
      • Ayesha Takia
      • Jaaved Jaaferi
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 40User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Akshay Kumar and Caryn Pitcher in 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009)
    Jaaved Jaaferi, Akshay Kumar, Pia Shah, Ayesha Takia, and Rushad Rana in 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009)
    Akshay Kumar and Fran McKay in 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009)
    Jaaved Jaaferi and Andrea Tully in 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009)
    Caryn Pitcher in 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009)
    Pia Shah and Ayesha Takia in 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009)
    Sharmila Tagore and Andrea Tully in 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009)
    Fran McKay in 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009)
    Akshay Kumar and Caryn Pitcher in 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009)
    Jaaved Jaaferi and Andrea Tully in 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009)
    Jaaved Jaaferi and Pia Shah in 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009)
    Anant Mahadevan and Andrea Tully in 8 x 10 Tasveer (2009)

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    Akshay Kumar
    Akshay Kumar
    • Jai J. Puri…
    Ayesha Takia
    Ayesha Takia
    • Sheila Patel
    • (as Ayesha Takia Azmi)
    Jaaved Jaaferi
    Jaaved Jaaferi
    • Habibullah 'Happi' Pasha
    • (as Javed Jaffrey)
    Girish Karnad
    Girish Karnad
    • Advocate Anil Sharma
    Anant Mahadevan
    Anant Mahadevan
    • Sundar Puri
    Benjamin Gilani
    Benjamin Gilani
    • Jatin Puri
    John Sampson
    John Sampson
    • Banff Ranger John
    Rushad Rana
    Rushad Rana
    • Adit
    Sharmila Tagore
    Sharmila Tagore
    • Savitri
    Uttara Baokar
    • Bibiji
    Pia Shah
    Pia Shah
    • Sally Kohli
    Smita Hai
    • Sonya
    Wendy Lumby
    Wendy Lumby
    • Restaurant Patron
    Fran McKay
    • Emily
    Caryn Pitcher
    • Ranger Cathy
    Andrea Tully
    • Andy Bourdain
    • Director
      • Nagesh Kukunoor
    • Writers
      • Bohemia(lyrics)
      • Nagesh Kukunoor
      • Sameer(lyrics)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Akshay Kumar's favorite film even though it flopped badly at the box office
    • Quotes

      Habibullah Pasha 'Happi': I am 'Happi' with an i.

    • Crazy credits
      During the opening credits, a number of objects can be seen falling into water.
    • Alternate versions
      The DVD release omits the intermission card.
    • Soundtracks
      Nazaara Hai
      Written by Irfan Siddiqui

      Composed by Salim Merchant and Salim Merchant

      Performed by Vishal Dadlani

      Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

    User reviews40

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    A Nutshell Review: 8 X 10 Tasveer
    It's probably a coincidence that the latest Bollywood offerings the last week had to do with photographs. In Aa Dekhen Zara, Neil Nitin Mukesh plays a photographer who discovers the secrets of a camera that has (well, I'm not going to let the cat out of the bag) powers to do with time. And in 8x10 Tasveer (photograph), Akshay Kumar plays forest ranger Jai, working for Environmental Protection in Alberta, Canada, who possesses the supernatural ability of transporting his soul back to the past, assuming the point of view of the person in the photograph whom he's staring at.

    Unlike The Butterfly Effect, his abilities are more passive. He cannot manipulate events as experienced by the body he's staring out from, and neither can he linger around for more than a minute, as each transportation brings about some severe weakening of his macho physique, akin to being knocked out by a heavyweight champion. So it's a risk he has to undertake in order to assist strangers who sought him out to help in locating their loved ones, and nothing will prepare him to use this power to solve his dad's murder aboard a luxury yacht.

    Akshay Kumar didn't get plenty of love from the box office for his previous kung-fu movie Chandni Chowk to China, which I had enjoyed actually. While I find this suspense thriller an above average flick thanks to Kumar's charismatic presence, one just cannot shrug away the sense of familiarity and deja vu in having watched a version of this film somewhere (someone jog my memory please!). 8x10 Tasveer still contains a decent "whodunnit" storyline that will keep you guessing, but only because it has that rug on standby just beneath your feet, which I think some would cry foul in being thrown an unexpected spanner from the blind side into the works.

    Supporting Jai in his quest to seek the truth, even as he subscribes to unorthodox methods, is ex-cop Happi ("Happy with an I") played by Javed Jaffrey (who voiced the villain Charlie Anna in Roadside Romeo), taking an interest in the publicized death just because he was on the receiving end of tremendous assistance given by Jai's father in helping him to settle down in a strange new city (of Toronto!). Happi's an interesting character injected just for some light hearted laughs though, being a character afflicted with OCD and kudos to Jaffrey in having to play this socially awkward character misfit who should have deserved more screen time.

    The narrative did feel draggy for a bit, despite clocking just under 2 hours with only one short musical ballad serving as a romantic interlude between Jai and his lady love Sheila (Ayesha Takia). And while you know that at some point Jai will have to perform a brute-force investigation by peeking through the eyes of everyone in a photograph, it just takes a while to get to that stage, before shifting into high gear during the last 30 minutes where you're likely to be surprised with a sudden turn of events. On one hand there was a sudden lift in the lull of the mystery, but on the other you'd feel it's one of those plot developments that felt a little of a cop out. It did answer some questions should you rewatch the film though, but seasoned mystery fans would likely clamour for more than the usual.

    And does anyone think Akshay Kumar does look like Nicholas Cage with that hang-dog look and closely crop hairdo? That 8x10 Tasveer poster did make Akshay resemble Cage in that Ghost Rider poster, and this film did feel like one which Cage would have no problems stepping into as well. 8x10 Tasveer is decent, though there's nothing that will particularly make you sit up and exclaim Wow.
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    • Apr 3, 2009

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    • Release date
      • April 3, 2009 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Фотография 8x10
    • Filming locations
      • Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Sahara One Motion Pictures
      • Mirah Entertainment
      • Percept Picture Company
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    • Budget
      • ₹35,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,036,837
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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