Time Framed!!!

Tasveer 8X10. Nagesh Kukunoor directed, suspense thriller film is a movie I just risked watching. Akshay kumar a.k.a. Jai Puri, is a forest ranger with an ESP (extra sensory perception). His powers allow him to stare at a pic and then have the sight that the person in the photo had, just before his/her accident. Jai's father Jatin (Benjamin Gilani) dies in what seems to be an accident and a heart attack. On his death, Jatin's wife, Savitri (Sharmila Tagore) bequeaths all his wealth and estate. But all does not end here. Enter Happi (Javed Jaffery), "Happi with an I" as he calls himself challenges Jai into his theory that Jatin's death was not an accident. It was ill intended, well planned murder. Jai initially rubbishes this hypothesis, but his dreams of his fathers calling out for help, makes him suspicious. He uses his ESP on the pic taken by his mom, just before Jatin's death, to check out the truth. That pic has four people in it, who are also the suspects in the film. In the whole film he uses this power over 5 times. This movie, although a bit slow paced, holds the audience in good grip initially, the climax peaks up till intermission. It is a sign of a good suspense movie director that he lets the audience keep guessing who the culprit is. Kukunoor has made marvelous effort in directing this suspense thriller. The cinematographics and technical details of the movie is really appreciable. All the characters have a meaningful and integral role in the film. Nobody wasted. Javed Jaffery is exceptional with his whimsical role of a detective. Akshay's role is unlike his other films and has given his full effort. He has exhibited some of his parkour skills in the film. Sheila (Ayesha Takia) has a very "sweet" role of Jai's fiance. She definitely has a very important role and pulled it very well. Anil Sharma (Girish Karnad) as the lawyer, has a very limited reel time, but has a very meaningful part of a suspect. Other important characters are played by Anant Mahadevan andRushad Rana. Both have done it well. The music score by S. Suleiman keep the audience at the edge of their seat. While watching the movie, I was reminded of M. Night Shyamalan's stlye of direction. Looked very much similar. As the movie nears its end, the audience is clean bowled. The expression is like; "Now, whats that!!!!!" If you are able to catch the ending Kukunoor throws at you, Good. Else you will keep wondering what you are doing in the movie hall!