8 x 10 Tasveer Dvd

8 x 10 Tasveer (English: 8 x 10 Picture) is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, and produced by Percept Picture Company, starring Akshay Kumar and Ayesha Takia Azmi. The film features Sharmila Tagore, Javed Jaffrey, Anant Mahadevan, Girish Karnad, Benjamin Gilani, Rushad Rana, Andrea Tully, and Pia Shah in supporting roles. In March 2008, the cast and crew filmed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and a few parts were noticed to be the Western Cape of South Africa. It was previously called Tasveer, but changed due to the director’s insistence that the title was jinxed. The film’s music is composed by Salim–Sulaiman with a title track by Bohemia.

The film follows an Alberta-based forest ranger who has the mental ability to enter a photograph from a person’s point of view and re-experience the events witnessed by the person. When his father dies under mysterious circumstances, he is compelled by a former detective to use his abilities in order to catch the killer despite everyone believing it to be a natural death. He soon finds himself hunted by rivals who don’t want him to learn the truth.

The film was released theatrically on 3 April 2009. Following the mixed reception, it became a commercial failure

Plot

Jai Puri, a forest ranger in Alberta, Canada, has the ability to enter a photograph and re-experience the events from a person’s point of view. While partying on a boat, his father Jatin meets with an accident. Following his death, a former detective Habeebullah Pasha “Happi” meets Jai and tells him that Jatin had done him a lot of favors, due to which he wants to catch his murderer. Jai initially believes Jatin died naturally due to a heart attack, but decides to use his skills and enter an 8×10 photograph of Jatin, his brother Sunder, his longtime friend and lawyer Anil, and his surrogate son Adit, clicked by Jai’s mother Savitri while on the boat. He enters the photo from Jatin’s point of view and sees him falling to his death. However, due to staying within the photograph for more than a minute, Jai gets admitted to hospital. He suspects Sunder who watched Jatin fall to death, and chases him but the latter escapes. Happi believes someone gave Jatin extra beta blockers since he had suffered from two heart attacks earlier, and falling into the cold water led to a heart attack. Jai re-enters the photo from Sunder’s point of view and sees him mixing the pills into Jatin’s drink. Jai is readmitted to the hospital and tells Sheila about everything including his abilities, before they break into Sunder’s house and find his strangled corpse. Soon, Jai and Sheila are pursued by a black SUV that tries to kill them. Jai chases the vehicle but the driver manages to flee.

Happi enlists the help of Sally, a nurse who helps with medical aide to Jai as he enters the photo from Anil’s point of view and sees him talk to Savitri about something she doesn’t want a part in. Jai re-enters enters the photo from Adit’s point of view and realizes it was him who gave Sunder the pills to mix in Jatin’s drink. Adit, realizing Jai knows the truth, tries to kill him but flees when Happi returns after receiving a message from Jai about Adit being the killer. Later, Anil reveals that Jatin wanted to give his wealth to Jai’s environment company, due to which the three men planned to kill Jai so that they don’t lose their share. Jai realizes Savitri is in danger as she’s about to transfer the money, and gets stabbed before Jai arrives and a chase ensues. The attacker manages to escape, but Savitri tells Jai to look for a box inside a room, which he does. He gets an adrenaline injection from Sally, and informs Happi that Jatin saw someone before falling, and that was what he wanted to tell Jai about earlier. He re-enters from Jatin’s point of view, and is left in a stupor when the attacker enters and burns the photograph.

The attacker and the last person Jatin saw turns out to be Jai’s small twin brother Jeet, whose falling from a cliff led to Jai gaining his ability. Jeet, who was assumed dead, believed Jai pushed him on purpose, and a doctor advised Savitri and Jatin to erase Jeet’s memories so as to cure Jai. Sheila had been working with Jeet and helped him copy Jai’s lifestyle and habits so that he can replace him after killing him. Jeet had also disclosed his identity to Savitri after stabbing her, due to which she told Jai to look for the box containing their photos. However, Jai gains consciousness due to having injected the adrenaline and a brawl ensues, leading to Happi getting killed by Sheila and Jai getting thrown into the water, where he also discovers the corpse of Adit but manages to free himself. Jai holds Sheila on gunpoint and convinces Jeet that his falling from the cliff was merely an accident. He assures him that they can reunite, before Sheila shoots Jeet and herself gets shot by him.

Cast

Akshay Kumar Jai Puri/Jeet Puri(Dual role)
Ayesha Takia Azmi Sheila Patel
Sharmila Tagore Savitri Puri
Javed Jaffrey Habeebullah Pasha aka Happi
Girish Karnad Anil Sharma
Anant Mahadevan Sunder Puri
Benjamin Gilani as Jatin Puri
Rushad Rana as Adit
Pia Shah as Sally Kohli
Darlene L’Archeveque as Paramedic
Uttara Baokar