Friday, December 11, 2015

Tamasha : A movie with a difference

After some 15-20 minutes my husband whispered in my ears, "Bugging movie, wasted 1000 bucks". And I tried to convince him, look at the technique if you are not liking the movie, the technique is surely innovative.

We were watching Tamasha and I was lost in  its Narration Technique and Cinematography.  After four days I still remember the first few scenes of the movie, which gave the effect of Tamasha (or circus and art forms alike) . Its a Post-Modern drama where many art forms mingle to create a powerful effect. Applauds for Imtiaz Ali , one must have vision to direct such a movie.



More than a story or a movie , Tamasha was a shock. 

A little boy who loves hearing stories from an old story-teller, stays lost in those stories. He is very imaginative and loves the world of imagination. When he grows up, he does not change from what he was in his childhood. He still has to grow up, has to go school, excel in academics , become an engineer, get a secure job and live a social life. In order to become an ordinary man, he Suppresses his Extra-ordinary self. 

In Corsica, he decides to live his true-self. When he meets Tara, they both live a life crazy to its last limit. There they decide to enjoy without revealing their identities and without getting close. They also decide to forget each other as they leave Corsica - as the famous dialogue of trailer goes - "What happens in Corsica, stays in Corsica."

But as they leave apart, they fall in love with each other. After some four years, they accidentally meet  in Delhi. Ved (Ranbir Kapoor) is in a product manager avatar. Tara proposes Ved and they both start to date each other. When Ved proposes Tara for marriage, she puts down the proposal, saying that the person she loved is different. She suggests Ved that he is trying to be what he is not. He is much more than what he thinks he is. 

Ved is very complex character. One who has suppressed his imagination, true self, dreams, childish fantasies, his hobbies. One who has adapted science and maths while he loved literature. One who has adapted a life of manners and etiquette while he liked to be crazy, insane and imaginative. He made himself into a corporate person who lived a set-patterned life, while he is an artist who creates magic with his skills of story-telling and creating impressions to evoke emotions. As he does in the end of the movie , before his father to convince who he really is.

In and all, if you liked the movie its great. If you did not like the movie or have not watched it, I give you 3 reasons to do it - 

1.  Watch Tamasha, for the effects created as Tamasha in the movie. Its rare and post-modern effect.

2. Watch it for Ved. A boy lost in his own story. And like many of us, not able to understand the power of a writer - We are all writers of our own story. 

3. Watch it for Ved, Tara and of all most, Sudhir Mishra's acting. Its very powerful







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