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Hello Gorgeous Folks,
I know that I'm writing after a huge while and the frequency that I had personally promised myself is not really being weaved in reality. It's just that I have been held up with a packed schedule. Like really, you won't believe how much I had to rush through for the past 4 days.
Shoving that aside, let's come to the review of Tamasha that presents the lovely and natural chemistry of Deepika and Ranbir for the third time on the silver screen.
I started to watch the movie and for the first 15 minutes
We are finally presented with what is shown in the trailer: An encounter between two strangers, who don’t even know each other’s names, who promise to have no emotional involvement here, no commitment, no agenda. There are absolutely no strings attached (+Shammah Khadaroo This one's for you!) in the backdrop of sun-kissed Mediterranean island, Corsica.
Both Ranbir and Deepika decide to be live lies and not reveal their identity just so they can bring their alter egos forth! Yes, you read it right: Alter Egos! And that's really what entranced me in the whole movie. We often do not talk about our alter egos. But here is a movie that attempts to directly broach the subject of how people are allowed to how different selves. And that truly warmed the cockles of my heart.
Ved, played by Ranbir Kapoor, becomes Don; and Tara, played by Deepika Padukone, becomes Mona Darling. They make a promise to tell each other only lies. For a week, they live in a delightful fictional world.
But then reality intrudes, as it must.
Tamasha’s first half is enchanting. Corsica is gorgeous; so are Ranbir and Deepika. Though Tamasha is about Ved’s evolution, for me Tara is a far more interesting character. As long as the film stays with her, it’s interesting. But post interval, we have to watch Ved unleash his inner artiste, which is a bit of a bore.
Mostly because that's when the movie's second and third message take shape: How routinal our lives are as common people and How artsy people are look down upon as compared to top notch careers.
I mean, during the past few years we've seen so many movies conveying that message already and I felt that for the unconventional stories and morals fabulously talented director Imtiaz Ali brings, Tamasha proves to be too messaging for one film.
Tamasha starts to feel indulgent and predictable. The writing also gets lazy — Imtiaz settles for stereotypes and simplistic resolutions.
But even as the story stumbles, Ranbir and Deepika power through. They have a special kind of talent — the ability to be both extraordinary and instantly relatable. They are transparent actors just as they were in +Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani and +Bachna Ae Hasino.
Throughout Tamasha, there is a recurrent line - that it is always the same story of boy meets girl and society creates a rift between them. Is Tamasha any different? It is not.
Both Ranbir and Deepika come across as mature performers in Tamasha. While Deepika re-asserts her acting capabilities despite the script rendering her the second fiddle, Ranbir - who has been facing criticism over his last few outings onscreen - surprises with his brilliant acting prowess.
In some instances, Ranbir does outshine Deepika, coming off as a surprise for me because I always thought only Ranveer Singh could do that in brief moments in Ram Leela. It was probably because Ranbir gets more space and more time on screen. Deepika, however, remains luminous. I truly can't believe she is the same actress nobody saw any scope in during her first films.
Tamasha could have been, but is certainly not, Imtiaz’s best - I found it better than Rockstar, but it is not as gripping as Highway. With Imtiaz’s intriguing take on love stories, scenic locations (unfortunately only in the first half) and brilliant acting by Ranbir and Deepika, it is a one-time watch, but nothing more.
With a nice, unique concept (the alter ego/ several personalities part), Tamasha is about a dreamer who tries to confirm to the so-called real world. It shows how that inner conflict of what’s true or false for the self. It's about the inner debates we all have within ourselves.
Somewhere between a love story and a self-journey, Tamasha's message is as real as the world is unreal. Watch the film to dissect that dichotomy.
+Tamasha The Movie 's trailer:
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