Every movie has got a promo (trailer) to attract the attention of the public. The promo of this movie didn't created any fuss but still it's from the director (Nagesh Kukunoor) who has made top grade movies like Hyderabad Blues, 3 deewarein, Iqbal and DOR. This is the only reason for me to get into the line of the multiplex ticket counter to watch this movie.
I never expected this movie to be a suspense thriller, rather I thought it has to do with some science fiction mystery. Hence this was a surprise treat for me as I love suspense/horror genre. The film starts very amateurishly, with very poor acting from the foreign local actors. The initial scenes were also not convincing and it looked totally out of context.
As I mentioned, the movie is suspense thriller, hence it is but obvious that there is a killing happening and the whole movie is about finding the culprit. That's true with this movie but there is a unique thing that differentiates Tasveer with the rest. It is the way the killer is tracked down by a photograph. The main protagonist (Akshay Kumar) has an abnormal behavior of going into the minds of any person from the photograph and seeing things through the eyes of the photographed person from the moment the photo is clicked that too for only 60 seconds.
At first this behavior looks very boring and funny but as the plot builds up one gets used with abnormal characteristic of that character. The film is majorly shot in Canada and the location looks apt for the plot. Also the characters are well established and more convincing.
The USP of the movie is Akshay Kumar doing a different role after a long gap, Jaaved Jafferi's character and a unique concept. The drawbacks lies in the direction, one of the weakest film by Nagesh so far (excluding Bombay to Bangkok). The storytelling at places is moving and at places is stale. The movie leaves no doubt on the viewer's mind but the treatment could have been far better. There's a need to chop off few scenes in the beginning and the climax which could have made this one a fast paced slicky suspense thriller.
Regarding the technicalities of Tasveer, every department say music, camera, editing, acting all are just average nothing extraordinary. So nothing much to say about it. This leaves me to say that, Tasveer is film which could have been another top grade movie by Nagesh but unfortunately it does'nt go beyond an Average fair.
If you love suspense movies then you can watch this but don't expect much as the movie would struggle very hard to cross your expectation.
I never expected this movie to be a suspense thriller, rather I thought it has to do with some science fiction mystery. Hence this was a surprise treat for me as I love suspense/horror genre. The film starts very amateurishly, with very poor acting from the foreign local actors. The initial scenes were also not convincing and it looked totally out of context.
As I mentioned, the movie is suspense thriller, hence it is but obvious that there is a killing happening and the whole movie is about finding the culprit. That's true with this movie but there is a unique thing that differentiates Tasveer with the rest. It is the way the killer is tracked down by a photograph. The main protagonist (Akshay Kumar) has an abnormal behavior of going into the minds of any person from the photograph and seeing things through the eyes of the photographed person from the moment the photo is clicked that too for only 60 seconds.
At first this behavior looks very boring and funny but as the plot builds up one gets used with abnormal characteristic of that character. The film is majorly shot in Canada and the location looks apt for the plot. Also the characters are well established and more convincing.
The USP of the movie is Akshay Kumar doing a different role after a long gap, Jaaved Jafferi's character and a unique concept. The drawbacks lies in the direction, one of the weakest film by Nagesh so far (excluding Bombay to Bangkok). The storytelling at places is moving and at places is stale. The movie leaves no doubt on the viewer's mind but the treatment could have been far better. There's a need to chop off few scenes in the beginning and the climax which could have made this one a fast paced slicky suspense thriller.
Regarding the technicalities of Tasveer, every department say music, camera, editing, acting all are just average nothing extraordinary. So nothing much to say about it. This leaves me to say that, Tasveer is film which could have been another top grade movie by Nagesh but unfortunately it does'nt go beyond an Average fair.
If you love suspense movies then you can watch this but don't expect much as the movie would struggle very hard to cross your expectation.
Rating: 2 1/2 out of 5
