Review of Tamasha (2015) by Amok J — 30 Nov 2015

Tamasha - Movie review.

I usually don't write movie reviews but this movie has created a special place in my heart and mind alike.

After listening to so many diverse reviews, went for the movie. Somehow the negative reviews had already made me a little prejudiced. But what the heck, I had nothing more useful to do, and finally went for the movie with very little expectations.

The movie starts with a very ordinary beginning - boy meets girl but with a slight twist. They decide not to reveal their true identities. Girl falls for the insanely idiotic and crazy person that Ranbir "pretends" to be. As revealed by the movie promos, Ranbir is a completely sane/normal office going 9-5 wala banda. They anyway start dating and then the usual drudgery creeps in. The scene where Deepika just keeps waving at him day after day is so funny n deep at the same time. You have to watch it to understand it.

It's been a while I have laughed my heart out and cried at the same time in a movie. This movie is a beautiful (to say the least) rendition of modern day love stories, mayhem with respect to career progression - money versus passion. Imtiaz Ali beautifully depicts the common man's problems without using any over the top dialogues/drama.

For the masala lovers - the movie has sufficient hilarious scenes - some dialogues had me laughing for quite some time. Needless to say fabulous acting by Deepika and Ranbir. Music score - definitely not the mainstream commercial one. I personally loved few songs like 'Agar tum sath ho' and 'matargashti' ."Wat wat wat" is also a kick-ass unconventional number.

The second half of the movie was certainly more gripping for me.

It takes one special gifted person to change our outlook towards life and if we are lucky enough, we acknowledge and accept him/her. Highly recommended for the crazy folks out there for they will surely see a portion of themselves in the movie.

Imtiaz Ali I bow to thee! ?