A lot is expected from the director of classics like Iqbal and Dor but Nagesh disappoints twice in row after the much forgettable Bombay to Bangkok. Nagesh starts the film on a high note but goes terribly wrong in the second half of the movie, which heavily overweighs the brilliance of the first half of the movie. The film loses its pace and the momentum it builds up in the first half as it enters the second half of the movie and leaves the audience restless.
Tasveer is a story of Jai (Akshay Kumar) who has a supernatural gift of going into the past though the photograph. He works as a forest ranger and lives with his love interest Sheela (Ayesha Takia). Jai’s father Jatin (Benjamin Gilani) is killed in a boating accident under mysterious circumstances and Jai feels wretched about losing his father and the times that could've been shared. The story then focuses on Akshay’s investigation of his father’ death. He is helped in the investigation by Happi (Javed Jaffrey). He accidentally stumbles upon the last photograph taken of the entire group of friends and family on the boat, minutes before the accident and uses his supernatural powers to unravel the mystery. He eventually unravels the mystery and comes up with a startling answer.
The second half of the movie seems to be loosely inspired by a typical 70’s bollywood movie. The double role track is simply ridiculous. As far as the performances are concerned Akshay has put up a decent effort. Ayesha takia , Sharmila tagore , Girish Karnad and others have also lived upto to the expectations. Jaaved Jaffery stands out and delivers a brilliant performance. But nothing could save the movie which had such a weak story line and it is bound to be Aki’s second flop in a row.
Positives:
• Akshay and Javed’s performance
• Bohemia’s song ‘ I Got the picture’
• Beautiful Shooting Locales
• Duration of the movie which gives respite to the audience from a movie gone wrong in the second half
Negatives
• Unconvincing Storyline ( This negativity heavily outweighs the other positives combined)
• Screenplay
Rating : *1/2
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