Tamasha – Failed theatrical attempt of exploring love – Not for everyone

It is one of those annoying movies in which everything would be just fine if the director would have been able to convey his message and lead characters to talk to each peacefully in the simple manner that touches the audience. However, then, there would be no movie – although, in retrospect, that might not be such a bad thing, if this movie has not been created. This is a film in which the deep pain of the protagonist is constantly suggested but only spoken near the end of the story. “Tamasha” actors and locations look beautiful, thanks to the cinematography, but the sleek exteriors cannot make up for the shallow storytelling. I can only presume that there was something about this particular story that grabbed Imtiaz Ali and inspired him to make a movie, but whatever it was, he has utterly failed to convey the message and hold the audience.  Director does offer some artful touches and beautiful location and unassumingly beautiful Deepika with the flawed screenplay.

The whole point of "Tamasha”  is that if you are living a life that is completely different than what u truly like then u needs to change and listen your so called “inner voice.”  Such a brilliant concept but Imatiaz Ali’s writer lets him down by delivering the lowest ever performance and Ranvir, and Deepika’s acting will not be able to save this movie disaster.  Both main characters of the film meet at a beautiful location named “Corsica” where Ranbir is spending a holiday and behaves entirely different than his routine life. When they came back to India and mediocre daily life starts ..! This is not what our heroine wants.!

Imtiaz’s heroes are fundamentally different in all his movies. Whether it was Abhay deol in Socha Na Tha, Shahid Kapoor in Jab We Met, Randeep Hooda in Highway or Ranbir in Rockstar, these are not heroes that we see in “YashRaj or Rajshari productions or romantics chocolate hero. However, here Imatiaz comes with the more awkward hero of all time and who is bored with routine-life and nothing much to do than routine life and unable to stuck a chord with the audience.

Tamasha is a cheerless drama where the lead character is struggling to find his inner self.  The reason so many romantic movies fail is that they are micro-managed to the point of madness. Here, the director wants to see Ranbir’s inner battle with his behavior and those dance sequences and he fails completely. The audience wants something that should be like the light that makes them smile and not something makes them feel awkward and bored completely. Director does well in patches and Ranbir and Deepika’ s acting is the positive points for this movie.

Other points are screenplay consists of many sequences that are used to convey darkest emotions does not appeal audience neither it displays any creativity. There is a moment where the audience feels what is the director wants to convey? . Ranbir’s transition of his polite boy to his real inner self who is more outspoken and weird or naughty is tough to handle for the audience. A movie is a couple of hours of air conditioning experience in theater, nothing more. 

To be fair, there are a couple of funny lines here and there But for every sensitive element there are many others that are heavy-handed or cringe-inducing, including some painfully on-the-nose musical selections. Moreover, what a disgraceful waste of a potentially dynamic movie couples, ( Ranbir and Deepika) who actually offer the only reason to sit through such a subpar soapy affair. If you attend "Tamasha" despite these warnings, just be prepared to leave with a look of disdain.

This movie is mainly for deep thinkers and not for everyone who is just looking for pure entertainment and fun.