8 x 10 Tasveer

8 × 10 Tasveer
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNagesh Kukunoor
Written byNagesh Kukunoor
Produced by
  • Shailendra Singh
  • Devika Bahudhanam
  • Matthew Brown
  • Elahe Hiptoola
  • Wendy Knill
  • Sarita Patil
  • Praful Salunke
  • Rajesh Shah
Starring
CinematographyVikas Shivraman
Edited by
  • Sanjib Datta
  • Consultanting Editor:
    Apurva Asrani
    Bunty Nagi
Music by
Production
companies
  • SIC Productions
  • Mirah Entertainment
Distributed by
Release date
  • 3 April 2009 (2009-04-03)
Running time
119 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeest. ₹235.80 million[2]

8 x 10 Tasveer (transl. 8 x 10 picture) is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film[3][4][5] written and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, and produced by Percept Picture Company, starring Akshay Kumar and Ayesha Takia. In the film, an Alberta-based forest ranger uses his mental ability to enter a photograph and re-experience the events from a person's point of view to solve the mystery behind his father's death, believed to be caused by natural reasons.

The film co-stars Sharmila Tagore, Jaaved Jaaferi, Anant Mahadevan, Girish Karnad, Benjamin Gilani, Rushad Rana, Andrea Tully, and Pia Shah. It was previously called Tasveer, but changed due to the director's insistence that the title was jinxed.[6] The film's music is composed by Salim–Sulaiman with a title track by Bohemia.

The film was released theatrically on 3 April 2009. Following the mixed reception, it became a commercial failure.[7]

  1. ^ "8X10 Tasveer". Bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. ^ "8 x 10 Tasveer - Movie". Box Office India.
  3. ^ "Working with Akshay in '8x10' was terrific: Nagesh Kukunoor". India Today. I like to dabble in different genres; action was one I had not explored till now. Definitely, making an action thriller did have challenges attached to it, but it was equally exciting to make this film.
  4. ^ "Being quiet is a crime". The Telegraph India. Here, it was an out-and-out action thriller. Just the way the premise of the film is set up and the way the film takes off. It's a genre I technically hadn't dabbled in, and that is always the most exciting thing for me.
  5. ^ "8 x 10 Tasveer - The Making Of The Film". Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ Upala KBR (3 October 2007). "Nagesh renames jinxed Tasveer to Eight by Ten". One India. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
  7. ^ "Box Office report: 8x10 Tasveer a flop". News18. 6 April 2009.