Tamasha- Movie Review by Shoby

Tamasha- Movie Review by Shoby

2.5 Stars out of 5

When artists like academy award winner AR Rehman, most versatile director of Bollywood Imtiaz Ali, supremely talented lyricist Irshad Kamil and two of the cream actors Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone join hands for one project, expectations are sky touching indeed.

The director of critically acclaimed and commercially successful films (Jab We Met, Rockstar and Highway) Imtiaz Ali brought all of them together in Tamasha and obviously it was one of the most anticipated films of the year. Let’s see how much entertainment quotient this Tamsha has in it.

Story is quite complex and at the same time quite simple in parts. A boy meets a girl (like almost all other stories of the world) but this time both of them meet somewhere in the middle of dil and dunya so they decide to fake themselves in front of each other, so they do not disclose their identity and spend 6 days together in Corsica, doing all the silly things and enjoying the life their heart out. Then leave each other and meet after four years in India. What happens next is to be watched in the movie.

The plot, as I said earlier is complex with too many derivatives and it does not let you settle down at one place, so you keep roaming around with the characters from one place to another without getting what actually is going around. It is a typical Imtiaz Ali narrative and he used almost the same technique which was used in Rockstar but this time unfortunately he couldn’t hit the right chord.

Film surely does wonders in patches. In some scenes you feel yourself all geared up to witness what Imtiaz Ali is famous for i.e. intense emotional cinema. Some sequences are beautifully executed with beautiful dialogues and delivery and they really deserve much applaud.

Watch when Deepika says to Ranbir, "Mujhey laga ke theek ho jaey ga. Jaisey humesha theek ho jata hai per 4 saal ho gaey...". Watch the outburst of Ranbir when he utters (read shouts) only one sentence of the whole conversation so loud to Deepika, "... Jo sach hai". Standing ovation for the dialogue writer is due.

No points for guessing in the acting department. When two of the strongest performers are placed in front of each other, they literally create magic. Ranbir (as a person having complex psychological personality) and Deepika have given marvelous performance. Check the change in their body language and attitude, when they meet each other after so long. See, how Deepika responds to Ranbir (after he breaks out). Truly splendid… Javed Sheikh and other supporting cast had nothing much to do, as the story revolves around two characters primarily.

After composing two beautiful scores for Imtaiz Ali (in Rockstar and Highway), this time AR Rehman and Irshad Kamil could not met the expectations honestly. Songs are situational (as mostly in the case of Imtiaz's films) but this time they are not very engaging.

Ravi Varman has captured Corsica beautifully through his art. Editing is confusing, may be due to the subject matter of the film.

Overall, Tamasha lacks that very appeal and authenticity for which Imtiaz Ali is famous. It was a bit disappointment for me, who has always been a fan of his cinema. Hope he comes well after this.