8 x 10 Tasveer

8 x 10 Tasveer (transl. 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. 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.

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
  • Songs:
    Salim–Sulaiman
    Bohemia
    Neeraj Shridhar
  • Score:
    Salim–Sulaiman
Production
companies
  • SIC Productions
  • Mirah Entertainment
Distributed by
  • Percept Picture Company
  • Sahara One
Release date
  • 3 April 2009 (2009-04-03)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeest. ₹235.80 million

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. 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.

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