mohsin ali khan This is an awful movie. The scenes and dialogues both are quite below average. I respect Nagesh Kukunoor for 3 Deewarein and Iqbal, but this movie cannot be compared to them. The script seems to be written in quite haste. Although the first 30 minutes or so kept my interest in the movie but it was difficult to keep eyes on the screen after assault on Jai's mother. I also do not agree with Jeet's philosophy that he kills his father, mother and almost his brother just for the sake of money and moreover he did not give any time to them to justify themselves. And what a horrible character Ayesha Takia had. After knowing what happened to Jeet and also in picture of what Jeet's family think about him, she did not make any attempt to unify them. Javed Jaffery's character was also quite unimpressive. I do not understand why a beautiful girl like that medical assistant would fall for him. All in all I did not like the movie. May be because almost all thrillers of Hollywood are more or less the same type and I was expecting something special from a talented man like Nagesh Kukunoor.

bobbysing Nagesh Kukunoor, the director started off brilliantly a decade back and gave some exceptional movies like "Hyderabad Blues", "3 Deewarein", "Iqbal" and "Dor". But his last movie "Bombay To Bangkok" and the current "8X10 Tasveer" stand nowhere close to his own set standards. The same can be said about Akshay Kumar, who seems to be lost in the gigantic hype surrounding himself. After "Chandni Chowk to China" this will be the second setback to his otherwise hit record.The movie is based on a supernatural theme where Akshay can travel into the past by gazing on a picture and its individual characters. The subject looks exciting enough as we read or write about it, but the execution on the screen is not convincing at all as it lacks all the thrills and edge of the seat treatment required by the plot. Nagesh seems to be interested in making an artistic thriller, with long boring scenes, uninspiring writing and lazy editing.The story moves slowly with no worth mentioning scenes or sequences. Even the over publicized shot where Akshay jumps from a cliff into the water is amazingly canned but has no relevance at all with the narration or script. Akshay seems to be quite confused and doing his role without any conviction. There was also news of both director and actor facing tough times together shooting abroad. Sadly, that shows on the screen and also in Akshay's recent interviews given for the movie. The time gaps which occurred while making the movie may also be visible to the sharp enthusiastic bollywood fans. Interestingly the main picture in the movie, which has got all the focus gets easily caught as a reworked photograph with background pasted later.In a suspense thriller, the climax holds the key to its success. The more interesting and shocking the last minute revelations are, more are the chances of movie hitting the bull's eye. Moreover in a murder mystery it is always better that the culprit should be from the characters known to the viewer. If a sudden new entrant is introduced to be the killer then it takes away all the shock value and results in an unimpressive climax. This is the problem with "8X10 Tasveer" where the finale is too lengthy and not powerful as expected.Acting department has got Sharmila Tagore and Javed Jaffery at their best. Javed should have been given more comic freedom in his expressions by the director as that would have added a lot to the movie. Akshay is not in form as he is always. In many scenes it looks like he is deliberately stopping himself from doing a comedy act. Ayesha Takia looks cute but lacks the depth required for the role. Benjamin Gilani, Girish Karnad and Ananth Mahadevan are OK in their short roles. Cinematography is top rate, specially the chase and actions sequences. But its time our film makers should realize that usually songs are not meant to be there in thrillers and murder mysteries. All the songs are simply unwanted and not worth remembering also. On the other hand Background score is fine as per the demand of the subject.Now about the Inspirational influences of the movie:1. The camera view from the inside angle of an eye seems to be influenced from the movie "Being John Malkovich (1999)" 2. Akshay moving into the past and then people ready to bring him back with medical support is very close to the similar sequences in "Flatliners (1990)" 3. The movie poster with Akshay eyes staring in, has similarity to the poster of Anthony Hopkins brilliant movie "Instinct (1999)"In the end I would only like to say that after watching "8X10 Tasveer", I came to one conclusion that, both the talented director, Nagesh and hugely successful actor, Akshay now urgently need to re-invent themselves once again.

AishFan The main subject of 8x10 is an interesting idea--that a guy can look at a photograph and travel back in time to when the photo was taken. I thought the explanation provided by Bebiji is very intriguing--comparing the concept to tarot reading. Despite having this interesting idea, this movie ended up being nothing more than a typical whodunnit with nauseating clichés. The climax in particular is absolutely abominable. I thought Bollywood had finally ceased the "bachpan mein bichda hua judwaa bhai" (long-lost twin brother) track ages ago, but once again it has popped up. The scene with the police not able to figure out which twin to believe reminds me of way too many films. Then it just so happens that the protagonist happens to hold a world record in holding his breath underwater so that the audience is "surprised" to see him survive almost drowning. I mean, for real, a guy is all chained up at the bottom of a deep lake and manages to dig into the sock of a nearby corpse, take out his gun, aim the gun through his chains, and shoot it to break the chains, and manage to come back to the surface, climb a yacht, and make a comeback. In addition, the movie is very dark in nature and not a pleasant watch. Akshay acted very well, while Ayesha gave a poor performance. Sharmila Tagore is really nice though.

halder-sandeep one of the best thrillers ever to come up in recent years.I just wonder about the stupidity of Indian critics who just tried to play down this movie.this movie ain't a work of art and it is not intended to as kukunoor's other's film. it's a plain thriller that keeps u on the edge.To start with the the script of the film is superb.it written by kukunoor himself.as some critics have pointed out,there are some loopholes for example the character of Jeet is not well defined.how he gets to Canada befriends sheila etc remains unanswered. all this are however overshadowed by Kukunoor's slick direction.he controls the characters very well with is apt treatment.cinematography,background score are of top notch quality.performance wise Javed Jaffrey as Happi happy with an i is superb.he steals the show handsdown!. as for Akshay Kumar one expects a better performance from him as Jai.However the real hero of the film is Nagesh kukumoor.one of the most important faces of Indian cinema, is the real hero of the film. I just hope that good sense prevails over the critics and in near future they don't come up with their trash and dump over films like this.IF RAB NE BANA DI JODI DESERVES 2 STAR BY RAJEEV MASAND , AND 3 STAR KHALED MOHAMMAD 8 X 10 DESERVES 10 / 10.