8 x 10 Tasveer

Nagesh Kukunoor who gave us two back-to-back slices of inspirational cinema in Iqbal and Dor and then burned his hands with comedy Bombay To Bangkok now Nagesh enters a new zone with 8 x 10 TASVEER. Yet, 8 x 10 TASVEER goes wrong, horribly wrong.

8x10 Tasveer’ is the story of a young man with a unique supernatural gift of looking into the past of dead people. These inward trips, when repeated more than one can bear, elicit outward trips by viewers to the cafeteria. After all, if the hero needs adrenaline to stay alive, we need a shot of caffeine to stay awake. The film’s that bad.


So we have Jai (Akshay Kumar) living in with a girlfriend ( Ayesha Takia ) with whom he shares no apparent chemistry but whom he plans to marry. Jai has a unique gift of looking at people’s photographs and having a vision of the moments after the snap was clicked.

When Jai’s billionaire father (Benjamin Gilani) dies in an accident and a cranked-out detective ( Javed Jaffrey ) shows up and tries to convince Jai that his dead dad was murdered for wealth. This personal tragedy leads him to use his unique supernatural powers to unravel the mystery.

Armed with this photograph into which he keeps ‘going’ repeatedly, Jai digs deeper into the mystery even as the finger of suspicion keeps shifting from his mom and his uncle to two more characters close to his dad. There are so many gaps that remain wide open till the end.

Akshay pitches in a sincere performance. 8 x 10 TASVEER is a complete departure from the kind of films the actor is popular for and it only goes to prove that he's ready to experiment. Ayesha is natural. Sharmila Tagore is graceful. Jaaved Jaaferi is first-rate. Girish Karnad, Benjamin Gilani, Ananth Mahadevan and Rushaad Rana are perfect in their respective roles.


Nagesh Kukunoor seems to have completely lost it this time. As the writer and director of this sleep-inducing, ridiculously contrived film with half-baked subplots, he’s the one on whom the blame should fall squarely.

So many questions beg to be answered. If you are brave to sit awake through two-plus hours of banality. On the whole, 8 x 10 TASVEER disappoints. This tasveer is out of focus!

De Dana Dan

Priyadarshan knows the exact doze for laughter. With his latest comedy release De Dana Dan with a gang of Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Sameera Reddy.
For supporting roles Neha Dhupia, Asrani, Johnny Lever, Manoj Joshi, Chunkey Pandey, Archana Puran Singh, Aditi Govitrikar, Sharat Saxena and Rajpal Yadav were casted.
It's all madness, full on masti, a perfect entertainer; it’s a comedy of errors based on mistaken identities. For De Dana Dan the full credit should go to its crispy and crunchy script laced with punchy dialogues from Jay Master and Priyadarshan has executed the film with his masterly skill that makes the movie a real rollercoaster ride.



Akshay Kumar again adds charm to his character. Sunil Shetty is okay while Paresh Rawal and Manoj Joshi bring the house up and down. Katrina Kaif, Sameera Reddy and Aditi Govitrikar are more of eye candies, though Neha Dhupia does get to shoot off a few smutty dialogues.

With all this we can conclude that De Dana Dan is the best comedy of errors that we have seen in Bollywood after a long long time. Don't sit at home go and get loaded with fun now.

blue

Blue is a Bollywood film directed by Anthony D'Souza. The film got released on 16 October 2009 starring Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta and Zayed Khan. playing the lead roles.



Blue which was an action flick centered around an underwater treasure. The film was written by American writers Joshua Lurie and Bryan M. Sullivan. Kylie Minogue makes a musical guest appearance in the film.

A. R. Rahman was the composer of the film's music with Resul Pookutty doing the sound design. The film is said to be the most expensive Bollywood film. Katrina Kaif has a cameo appearance which added a kind of suspense to the story.

Blue grabs the attention of the audiences from its opening scene itself. The marine life, watched on television channels comes alive within a fraction of seconds. Sanjay Dutt has acted well. Akshay Kumar steals the show with a brilliant performance. Zayed Khan has also performed done well.

Lara Dutta has looked stunning. Katrina Kaif looks extraordinary. Rahul Dev is first-rate. Kabir Bedi is hardly there. On the whole, Blue was style with substance.

Luck- Movie Review

The first half of the film Luck is merely devoted to character introductions though none are convincingly established. Sanjay Dutt repeats his gun-toting act, moving around in sherwani, jackets and a French beard in the company of black-suited bodyguards. What more, even his name isn't any different - Musa.




Ram Mehra (Imran Khan) has to repay the 20 crores that his late father had lost in stock market. Retired Major Jawar Pratap Singh (Mithun Chakravarthy) has the same conflict that Amitabh Bachchan had in Kaante - needs money for his ailing wife. For the neighbouring country connection, the script takes a Shortcut (Chitrashi Rawat). The best is yet to come! When a loose noose fails to hang rapist Raghav (Ravi Kishen) to death, he is officially set free by the law.

The group is hand-picked by Tamang (Danny) for Musa who indulges into the most synchronized corny conversations in the film. As he gets the team to South Africa, Musa makes them aim on each other at point blank range (in a scene directly lifted from 13 Tzameti) and only peripheral characters from the circle are subtracted.

The opening and ending action sequences by Allan Amin are convincingly choreographed but the intermediate stunts appear too artificial. The director tries to cover up the patchiness of the action by Santosh Thundiyil's erratic camerawork but it only disturbs more. The emotional connect with viewer is certainly missing despite director Soham Shah's repeated attempts to induce sentiments.

Sanjay Dutt's screen presence in the film is equivalent to Akshay Kumar contribution to Fear Factor minus his stunts. Imran Khan gives a decent performance though he can go easy on his lip movements. Shruti Hassan is synthetic and fails to impress. Danny is better amongst others but his character is short-lived in the second half. Ravi Kishen, Mithun and Chitrashi are passable.

The script of the film relies too much on coincidental luck. Director Soham Shah rubs too hard on luck but at the same time stresses on the adage that 'the only thing certain about luck is it's going to change'. On that thought here's wishing him better luck next time!

Aitraaz

The Indian moviegoer has often witnessed man-sexually-molesting-woman situations on the big screen. In this particular movie a woman is accusing man of molesting her.

The movie Aitraaz tackles the issue of sexual harassment, with the unique spin of placing the man in the position of victim and the woman as aggressor. The film casts Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra in the lead roles.

In the accused box of the courtroom, stands a man, startled and shocked that destiny could lead him there. He is accused of the most heinous crime - molesting his lady-boss. Raj Malhotra (played by Akshay Kumar), who works for a cell phone company, is popular amongst his circle of friends and work colleagues. But his world comes crashing down when he meets Sonia (Priyanka Chopra) again.

Sonia is an ambitious model with great aspirations. She knows what she wants in life. She is prepared to achieve her goals, whatever the price. Her fundas in life are crystal clear: Nothing shall come in between her wants and desires. Raj is well aware that Sonia knew only one way to live and that was her way. And one fateful evening, things did not go her way. Sonia brings Raj's world to a screeching halt. Raj's wife Priya (Kareena Kapoor), once a lawyer herself, is prepared to do anything to protect her husband's honour and dignity.

And from a content housewife, Priya becomes a woman with a mission that she must accomplish. She is now Raj's partner in more ways than one. Thrown into this web of deceit is Raj's boss, Ranjit Roy (Amrish Puri), who happens to be Sonia's husband. He is a mere pawn in her hands. The drama has just begun. The court is far from adjourned… Inspired by Barry Levinson's Hollywood flick Disclosure, Aitraaz has a plot that Indian cinegoers haven't witnessed on the screen yet.

Aitraaz belongs to Priyanka Chopra completely. No two opinions on that! Be it her first appearance or the sequence, Priyanka did full justice to her character in the film.

Kareena has a sugar-and-sweet character till the pre-climax and she does it well. Akshay Kumar underplays his character ably. Amrish Puri is alright. The theme of the movie is extremely provocative. Himesh Reshammiya's music sounds pleasant to the ears. Cinematography is first-rate. On the whole, Aitraaz is a well-crafted thriller.....

Kambakkht Ishq

Kambakkht Ishq is a romantic comedy about an Indian stuntman Viraj Shergill (Akshay Kumar) who ,becomes a huge star in hollywood ,but cannot find true love in his life. Opposite to him is Kareena Kapoor ,who plays the role of Simrita Rai, she strongly trusts “There’s no such thing as love”. The movie also cast several hollywood stars like Silvester Stallone ,Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carmen Electra, Brandon Routh and Denise Richards.

The romantic comedy, is directed by Sabbir Khan,and produced by Sajid Nadiawala. The film is a full of fun, frolic. The film takes us straight into the relationships between couple of individuals. Kamini (Amrita Arora) is ditzy, innocent and beautiful. She in one of the top models but her dream is to get married to a man who loves her.
Lucky (Aftab Shivadsani) is Viraj's younger brother, he is genuine and loveable. He has been protected his entire life by Viraj and isn't as hard and practical as Viraj is. He is madly in love with Kamini and wants to marry her. But that is one thing that Viraj is against.

Imagine the situation when these stubborn characters encounter each other at Simrita's best friend Kamini's and Viraj's brother Lucky's wedding. It’s a wedding that both Viraj and Simrita are violently opposed to and desperate to stop.

Sparks fly, absurd, hilarious situations until one dramatic twist of fate binds the two together in a manner that they could have never ever even dreamed of in their wildest fantasies.

8 x 10 TASVEER

Nagesh Kukunoor who gave us two back-to-back slices of inspirational cinema in Iqbal and Dor and then burned his hands with comedy Bombay To Bangkok now Nagesh enters a new zone with 8 x 10 TASVEER. Yet, 8 x 10 TASVEER goes wrong, horribly wrong.

8x10 Tasveer is the story of a young man with a unique supernatural gift of looking into the past of dead people. After all, if the hero needs adrenaline to stay alive, we need a shot of caffeine to stay awake. The film’s that bad.








So we have Jai (Akshay Kumar) living in with a girlfriend ( Ayesha Takia ) with whom he shares no apparent chemistry but whom he plans to marry. Jai has a unique gift of looking at people’s photographs and having a vision of the moments after the snap was clicked.

When Jai’s billionaire father (Benjamin Gilani) dies in an accident and a cranked-out detective ( Javed Jaffrey ) shows up and tries to convince Jai that his dead dad was murdered for wealth. This personal tragedy leads him to use his unique supernatural powers to unravel the mystery.

Armed with this photograph into which he keeps ‘going’ repeatedly, Jai digs deeper into the mystery even as the finger of suspicion keeps shifting from his mom and his uncle to two more characters close to his dad. There are so many gaps that remain wide open till the end.

Akshay pitches in a sincere performance. 8 x 10 TASVEER is a complete departure from the kind of films the actor is popular for and it only goes to prove that he's ready to experiment. Ayesha is natural. Sharmila Tagore is graceful. Jaaved Jaaferi is first-rate. Girish Karnad, Benjamin Gilani, Ananth Mahadevan and Rushaad Rana are perfect in their respective roles.


Nagesh Kukunoor seems to have completely lost it this time. As the writer and director of this sleep-inducing, ridiculously contrived film with half-baked subplots, he’s the one on whom the blame should fall squarely.

So many questions beg to be answered. If you are brave to sit awake through two-plus hours of banality. On the whole, 8 x 10 TASVEER disappoints. This tasveer is out of focus!

Kambakht Ishq- remake of Pammal K. Sambandam

Akshay Kumar starrer new upcoming movie Kambakht Ishq is remake of tamil film "Pammal K. Sambandam" which was relesed in year 2002. The movie was biggest hit in 2002. The movie stars Kamal Haasan, Simran Bagga, Sneha, Abbas, and Ramesh Khanna. In the tamil movie, kamal hasan played a role of stunt master where as in Kambakht Ishq the same role is done by Akshay Kumar. On the other hand, Simran, a sworn spinster is replaced by Kareena Kapoor in Hindi version who is a a super model. Other cast of the movie includes Aaftab Shivdasani, Amrita Arora and Dara Singh.Sajid paid Rs. 75 lakh for gaining the remaking rights. The movie is directed by new debutant Saabir Khan. It is said to have cost over Rs. 60 crore. Incidentally, the movie’s release has been postponed due to the face-off between multiplexes and producers/distributors. Instead of 29th May, it may now come in August or July.

Tasveer 8X10 - Biggest flop so far

As the four months have been passed of the current year and many movies have been released in this four months. But Akshay Kumar's TASVEER 8X10 has proven to be a biggest flop of the year as yet. In the first week, film has gatherd less than 8 crores at the box office. If we compare this Nagesh Kukunoor film with some other movies that have released this year, it only paints a sorry picture. Only RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES and DEV D has left the impact on the audience and become two successful films of the year so far. RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES and Dev D had earned 20 crores and 8.5 crores respectively in their opening week. But Tasveer 8X10 is at the bottom among all the flop in the current year like LUCK BY CHANCE (10.5 crores), BILLU BARBER (18 crores), DELHI 6 (22 crores), CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA (26 crores). Before this movie, Akshay Kumar has given another flop CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA to industry. But CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA was much better condition then Tasveer 8X10. Thus, movie breaks all the records at box office this current year!!

Chandni Chowk To China Movie Review

STORY :
A small village in China is terrorized by one cruel gang lord, Hojo (Gordon). Fed up of his tyrannies, the hapless villagers consult an astrologer who tells them that China’s most famous ancient warrior Liu Sheng has re-incarnated and he is the one who will kill Hojo. cctc18 Movie Review - Chandni Chowk To China

Two villagers go in the hunt of this re-born Liu Sheng which happens to be one staying in the famous Chandni Chowk of Delhi in India.

This bloke Siddhu (Akshay Kumar) in real is anything but their warrior they are in the look out for. Working in a paratha shop, as a vegetable cutter, the portly Siddhu is forever chasing dreams of a luxurious life without wanting to do hard work to achieve it. His foster father, Dada (Mithun) is fed up of his lethargic ways and always tries to make him realize his hidden potential.

The two Chinese villagers finally find Siddhu and with the help of a fraud Chinese astrologer Chopstick (Ranveer) manage to take him to their village in China. Chopstick too tags along as Siddhu’s translator. During the journey, Siddhu encounters Sakhi (Deepika Padukone) a popular model and falls for her instantly but soon his hopes come crashing as he comes across her lethal side of that of a thief.



But little does he know that its not Sakhi but her long lost twin Suzie aka Meow Meow (Deepika Padukone again) whom he has got confused with. What happens when Siddhu arrives in the remote Chinese village and how Hojo reacts to his arrival and what it leads to forms the rest of the film Chandni Chowk To China!

There had been lots of expectations raised from the slick promos of the film but unfortunately, the film doesn’t really end up being the joy ride it promises to be. The biggest flaw of CC2C lies in its predictable script which packs in all the 70s masala including lost and found, revenge drama, the triumph of good over evil just that the setting is changed from India to China.

Chandni Chowk To China begins well with a superbly shot fight on the wall of China but then the pace dips as Siddhu’s daily life is introduced. Then again post the interval any average cinegoer can predict what is in store at what intervals and there is where boredom starts creeping in.



You keep looking at your watch hoping it to end. Also, despite a good built up given to Hojo’s Kung Fu expertise and hopes raised about the one on one fight between him and Siddhu, the climax fight ends up being very short and disappointing.

Amongst the most redeemable factors about CC2C is Akshay Kumar. He makes you laugh, cry and cheer for him but then again he is let down by an average script.

But it’s a great treat watching Akshay going back in the action mode and doing some really breathtaking Kung Fu stunts. Deepika Padukone in a double role does well but the chemistry between her and Akki is clearly missing. Gordon Liu as the villain is simply superb. He manages to bring out terror just with a stare. Ranvir is good as usual whereas Mithun impresses in the few sequences that he gets.

The music of Chandni Chowk To China appears better when watching the songs onscreen as they have been very lavishly picturised, especially the title track. The film scores full marks on the technical front. But we wish we could say the same about the script!

The film Chandni Chowk To China is a must see for hardcore Akshay Kumar fans, for the rest well one can only say that if you want to get nostalgic about the 70s cinema with some humor mixed with it then going for this 2 hour 40 minutes film won’t be a bad idea. -Sampurn Media

Chandni Chowk To China: Old wine in new bottle

Starring: Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Ranvir Shorey, Mithun Chakravorthy and Gordon Liu

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS:

NIKHIL ADVANI - DIRECTOR

RAMESH SIPPY, MUKESH TALREJA, ROHAN SIPPY - PRODUCERS

SHRIDHAR RAGHAVAN - WRITER

HIMMAN DHAMIJA - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

DEE DEE KU “HUEN CHIU KU” - STUNT DIRECTOR

SHANKAR - EHSAAN - LOY - MUSIC DIRECTORS

KAILASA - MUSIC DIRECTORS

PONY VERMA - CHOREOGRAPHER