8 x 10 Tasveer - A Soup

We ran to watch Nagesh Kukunoor's "8 x 10 Tasveer" with high expectations. After Bombay to Bangkok terribly disappointed the viewers and bombed at the Box Office, we expected Nagesh to mend his ways and churn out a good one with a superstar like Akshay Kumar.

The movie started off decently and then it completely lost its way. The concept was pretty good and but there was no execution to go with it. It looked as if Nagesh Kukunoor was trying to do a M Night Shyamalan, but he fell flat on his face attempting to become Mr. Shyamalan (... not that Shyamalan is creating great movies these days).

The movie is slightly influenced by Vantage Point, showing different perspectives of the same incident, but failing to keep the tempo up the way it was done in Vantage Point(2008). Each time Akshay Kumar stares at a photograph, he can choose to travel back in time (... into the photograph) to the moment when the snap was taken and be one of the characters in the photograph for a minute or so. He uses this power to investigate his dad's death.

Javed Jaffrey walks into the movie trying to get in a comic flavor and miserably fails trying to mock Adrian Monk (homicide detective with obsessive-compulsive disorder from the popular TV series "Monk") with a Hyderabadi accent.

Overall, a very forgettable movie. A decent storyline lost in translation. A decent plot that turned out to be an avial(not so tasty one)!

Will I recommend? YES, for kids, only for kids ...


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