Tamasha (film)
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Official film poster
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| Directed by | Imtiaz Ali |
| Produced by | Sajid Nadiadwala |
| Written by | Imtiaz Ali |
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| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Cinematography | Ravi Varman |
| Edited by | Aarti Bajaj |
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Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
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| Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
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Running time
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152 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹65 crore (US$9.7 million)[2] |
| Box office | est. ₹98 crore (US$15 million)(Worldwide)[3] |
Tamasha (English: Spectacle[4]) is a 2015 Indian romantic drama film written and directed by Imtiaz Ali and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. It stars Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone in lead roles. Tamasha
tells the story of character "Ved" (played by Ranbir Kapoor) who loses
his self by living according to the social conventions expected of him.[5] Principal photography began in Corsica, France in July 2014. Post this schedule, filming continued briefly in Indian cities—Shimla, Delhi, Gurgaon and Kolkata followed by two-day schedule in Tokyo, Japan. The filming concluded in Mumbai by August 2015.
The film score and soundtrack album are composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics from Irshad Kamil.
Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Production
- 3.1 Development
- 3.2 Characters
- 3.3 Costume design
- 3.4 Filming
- 4 Music
- 5 Release
- 6 Critical response
- 6.1 India
- 6.2 Overseas
- 7 Box office
- 8 References
- 9 External links
Plot
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This section's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (December 2015) |
The film opens with Ved (Ranbir Kapoor) and Tara (Deepika Padukone)
putting up a spectacle that shows monotonous life and feelings of a man
in the corporate world. In the spectacle, they show a teacher
complaining about a young boy to his father.
A flashback shows the complaint scene turning real where, in Shimla, young Ved (played by Yash Sehgal) and his father (played by Javed Sheikh) return back to home from school. He goes to a story teller (played by Piyush Mishra) who keeps mixing up his characters. He talks about Ram and Sita one day. The next day, he’s in Troy, with Helen
and Paris. When Ved protests to disconnectivity of stories, the
story-teller wants him to enjoy the stories. The next, his mind has
transformed processions into Samyukta’s retinue during her swayamvar, as she searches for Prithviraj Chauhan, varmala in hand. Young Ved visualizes himself taking part in the Romeo-Juliet stage drama. He observes that each story has a sad episode in it.
Present day, the film moves to Corsica
where Tara abuses a local man in Hindi for not letting her call back to
India. Adult Ved is eavesdropping, he follows Tara where she narrates
the incident of phone call to him. By the time a call returns to Ved’s
phone from India she is just about to introduce herself to Ved. But Ved
tells they mustn't disclose their identities that he is Don and Tara
replies as Mona darling. Majority of the conversations they make in
Corsica are filmy dialogues between Don and Mona darling. They earn some money putting a stage drama at an expensive restaurant.
The story flashes back to young Ved who questions the story teller about the reason for happy times ending up quickly.
The story returns to Corsica, and Tara has to leave for India. She
tells a sleepy adult Ved that they won’t meet again. She kisses Ved
goodbye and realizes that she has fallen for him.
The story flashes back to young Ved who is sad after the story telling session ends.
Tara returns to Kolkata, India. Through the song “Heer to Badi Sad Hai”, Tara’s sad and confused state of mind and life is shown. She is off to Delhi
for work. Four years have passed. Once upon a day, a reading session in
the library, Tara is surprised to meet adult Ved who is now a product
manager. They reveal their original identities and she is happy to find
Ved single all these years.
For the evening, she fixes a dinner with him at a Japanese restaurant. She expects him to talk romantic but Ved talks about the business of that restaurant, the brand Japan
associated with the restaurant and companies. She calls Ved up home and
they kiss. He leaves for his home. Next morning Ved wakes up on time,
completes the morning chores, wipes the car, ignores the eunuch
on the way, lets a female colleague into the lift all this happens on
his way to the office. He fixes a plan for meeting Tara in the evening.
This evening they are to PVR Cinemas. The incidents from morning to evening keep on repeating with monotonically.
It is Ved’s birthday when he proposes Tara with a ring in the cake
piece. However, she tells him that he is changed. However, Ved tells he
was acting in Corsica and this is original him. But Tara thinks
contrary. Ved shoots down all this calling that it is all in her mind.
Tara states that she is searching something else in him, further, she
already has this share of similar monotonicity in her personal life. She
leaves, declining his proposal.
Ved comes to Tara’s door to apologize but he is unable to get rid of
the complexities in his mind being aware of the things he heard from the
stories of childhood. Tara wants indirectly wants him to be normal . He
leaves and travels in an auto-rickshaw driver (played by Ishteyak Khan)
who narrates how his dreams of becoming a singer were crushed.
The film goes in flashback, scene in Shimla, where Ved tells his weakness in Mathematics
and doesn’t wish to do engineering. His Dad narrates him that he had to
give up his interest for flute playing to support his family after they
moved to Shimla from Lahore post the Partition of India. He criticizes Ved’s failures during engineering and asks Ved of his future plans.
The film comes back to present day Delhi where he starts telling
story session to some local people. Flashback scenes of Shimla are shown
where Ved leaves Shimla and his interest to pursue engineering.
The film comes back to present day Delhi where Ved is back to his
office. He is more aggressive and using illogical sentences in a
business meeting which upsets his boss.
The story goes into flashback as to show what happened between Ved
and Tara after the argument at the door. Tara tries calling him and they
meet at the library. Tara expresses her realization of hurting him and
apologizes. Ved affirms she in love but with someone else (else implied
the Corsica natured Ved). Tara promises him to make things fine but Ved
wants to get away from all the tussle and he leaves.
The next day Ved is off to his office but with a change in
routine-instead of ignoring the eunuch on the way, he gives her the
diamond ring. Later, on reaching the office, he doesn’t let a female
colleague into the lift. During the business meeting he uses illogical
sentences and portrays careless behavior. His boss throws him out of the
job. Later, in a party he assaults the colleague who enquired of Ved's
well-being.
Ved comes back to Shimla and reveals that he isn’t doing any job
since six months and will leave the home right now after having a small
quarrel with his father. Ved has introspection in the mirror where he
realizes that he needs to meet the same old man (story-teller). Ved
meets the story teller and narrates him the crux of his own life story
with Tara. He expects an answer, however, the story teller, now old
yells at Ved and tells him to introspect his heart and realize what he
wants. Ved understands and pays him more and leaves. After a long time,
the family is sitting together where Ved narrates his entire journey of
life to everyone. Moved by the difficulties faced by him, his father
hugs him and lets him act according to his will and wish. Ved returns to
Delhi where the eunuch returns him the engagement ring. The eunuch
tells that this ring is to be given to the special person in his heart.
The film shows Tara at the company Oracle in Tokyo.
After finishing a business meeting she heads for refreshment where she
observes a note titled “Don Returns”. She also observes a half filled
tea cup and realizes that Ved is here. She moves outside the office
premise and Ved draws her attention in the “Don” way and however, Tara
introduces herself with a Japanese accent and both relive their Corsica
moments.
The film goes into flashback, Shimla scenes showing the free spirited-young Ved, college going Ved and adult Ved.
The film returns to present day (first scene of the film) where Ved
and Tara complete the process of putting up a spectacle on stage (in
continuation of the opening scene of the film). Tara arrives from back
stage and kisses him for the success. Film credits with principal cast
and music personnel roll in. They are momentarily paused by a scene
where Ved and Tara are enjoying music on a cliff, dancing to tunes
played in their respective headphones.
Cast
- Ranbir Kapoor as (adult) Ved Vardhan Sahni[6]
- Yash Sehgal as (young) Ved Vardhan Sahni
- Deepika Padukone as Tara Maheshwari[7]
- Javed Sheikh as Ved's father[8]
- Sushma Seth as Yash's grandmother
- Vivek Mushran as Ved's boss[9]
- Nikhil Bhagat as Tara's father[7]
- Faraaz Servaia as Tara's brother[7]
- Punam Singh as Tea Executive[7]
- Piyush Mishra as Storyteller
- Ishteyak Khan as auto-rickshaw driver
Production
Development
"What ‘Tamasha’ is trying to say is that don't be satisfied
with the stories you hear around you, create your own myth, choose your
own story. Sometimes in trying to belong, you lose your edge, you become
blunt and you forget who you are unless someone comes to remind you,
someone who has seen you at that time. It’s not that simple because it
takes the undoing of entire life’s experience to get in touch with
yourself and your wild energy."
—Imtiaz Ali on his film, in an interview with Press Trust of India.
In 2013, Imtiaz Ali began working on this project after Rockstar, collaborating once again with Ranbir Kapoor and A. R. Rahman.[10][11] Deepika Padukone was confirmed as the lead female in September 2013.[12] The working title of the project was The Window Seat.[13] In an interview with The Indian Express, Ali mentions, "It’s that thought that crosses your mind when you are sitting by the window seat of a train and watching Ratlam
go by and you think, what if I get down from this train? What life
awaits me there?" He justified that outside this window, there is a
mythical world where one can be what he wants to. According to him, the
window seat gives one a chance to drop their present life story and
become a brand new person.[14] Later, the film was titled, Tamasha.[13] The troupe played by Kapoor and Padukone is one of the reasons for the film's title Tamasha as it refers to the Shakespearean monologue, 'All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players'.[15] The title of the film stems from the lines by poet Ghalib- "Hota Hai Shab-O-Roz Tamasha Mere Aagey" that translates to, "Your most personal thought is your life’s biggest Tamasha.[16] Ali stated that the film is constantly associated with the stage. There is an artist who narrates his stories on stage.[4] In August 2014, Padma Bhushan winner Teejan Bai was roped in to perform Pandavani and narrations of the Mahabharata for the film.[17] In an interview with The Press Trust of India,
Ali outlined the generalised storyline, "You meet a certain person and
you are very enchanted by him. He is free flowing and your type and then
you lose touch. Years later when you meet, he is absolutely somebody
else."[5] Ali went on to add that the film isn't autobiographical but has minor moments from his personal life portrayed onscreen.[4] He was quoted saying, "Tamasha
has that kind of love which makes a normal person extraordinary, which
makes a commoner an artist. This is the kind of love through which you
understand why you need a woman in life and how it takes you on a
journey through which we identify ourselves."[4]
Characters
Ranbir Kapoor's
character (as Ved Vardhan Sahni) is about a person who is enchanted by
stories, who grows up hearing them and expresses himself by performing
them. Kapoor plays a free spirited person who wants everybody around him
to be happy. He is a nomad, going out of his way to please people.[15]
Ved is an average guy who doesn’t wish to tap into a special quality
within him until someone comes along and helps him open up.[18]
The film portrays Kapoor's life in three stages–as a nine-year-old
child, a 19-year-old adolescent and a 30-year-old repatriate adult. His
character bears loose resemblance to that of Edward Bloom in the 2003
American fantasy drama film Big Fish.[13]
The character played by Deepika Padukone (as Tara Maheshwari) is a quick, eloquent and emotionally agile girl with a gentle gait.[13] In an interview with Mumbai Mirror, Padukone stated her character as a fan of the French comic series, Asterix, which takes place in Corsica, France.[15] In the film it sets out on an adventure wherein she meets Kapoor's character.[15] They both explore the island and, along the way, they form a troupe to stage dramatic plays and fall passionately in love.[15] Her character identifies more with Ved's journey, helping him to get out of the monotonic life.[18] In January 2015, Ali roped in few working officials of the tea auctioneer company J Thomas & Co. Pvt. Ltd. for the film. They were not auditioned but directly chosen to play their characters.[7]
In an explanation to the connection with company and Kolkata, Ali was
quoted, "The character that Deepika plays in the movie is Tara
Maheshwari and her family owns many tea gardens. We’ve borrowed the
title of "Darjeeling Impex" to portray the company for the film."[7]
In the film, Tara's father hands over his tea business to Tara so that
she starts a line of tea boutiques, taking the company ahead.[7]
The film pays homage to veteran actor Dev Anand.
In the film, Kapoor had imitated Anand. Imtiaz Ali wanted it because
when the characters Ved and Tara meet in a place and they decide they
not to disclose their identities, so he becomes "Don" and she becomes
"Mona Darling".[19] Kapoor took classes from mime artists to mimic those dialogues.[19]
On casting Javed Sheikh,
who plays Kapoor's father in the film, Ali opined, "There was no one
better than Javed sahib because the character originates from Lahore. There is a certain air about him that only Javed sahib can pull off."[16]
Costume design
Aki Narula had designed the costumes for Ranbir Kapoor whereas Anaita Shroff Adajania for Deepika Padukone.
They called the hues as an 'extension of emotions' quoting, "When
character Tara (character played by Padukone) wears a rich wine top and
breaks down, asking Ved (character played by Kapoor) to come back to
her, she colours him emotionally. It's a wine tie he wears to work the
next day, when his true self breaks out expressively."[20]
The character Ved has two different wardrobes — one for the
storyteller as "Don" and the other for project manager "Ved Vardhan
Sahni". For the "Don" part, they created a sectional buzz in his hair
with yellow goggles, kada and black ‘dhaga’. Further, "Don" was seen mullet, a man-bun, a side buzz, layering clothes over each other in a jumble of kurtas, pitiless, blazers, army jackets. The yellow glasses are worn again by him in Japan
when he meets Tara. The tee-shirt with a tracksuit jacket under a
blazer and flat front trousers were given by Narula from her personal
wardrobe. On the contrary, Ved wears shades of grey and keeps a goatee. For the scenes filmed in Shimla, Narula designed 90s style sweaters for Kapoor's character.[20]
For the character, Tara, Adajania designed floral dresses with keds,
long jackets, clean camel, white and burgundy in ankle-length trousers,
shin-leith skirts and shirts for the office scenes. The accessories
covered were a mix of bracelets
of different materials with a watch, with the introduction of slim
pinky rings. Padukone filmed mostly without make-up for most of the
movie wearing only a lip stick on holiday (scenes in Corsica) and looking made-up only in the scenes she’s in office or on dates with the character Ved.[20]
The costumes for the supporting character were designed similar to the theme. Mythological characters Sita in the film has a heart tattoo on her arm and so Ram and Lakshman wear uniforms and thermals. Vivek Mushran's character wears a douch-ey neck scarf and over-dyed hair to portray virility. For the rickshaw driver (seen in the song "Wat Wat Wat"), they designed a neck-scarf and shirt of the same fabric, with a jacket over it as a variation of his public service uniform.[20]
Filming
Imtiaz Ali with Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, filming Tamasha in Corsica.
Principal photography began in Corsica, France on 9 July 2014 and was wrapped on 30 July 2014.[21] Several images and video footage of the song "Matargashti" (previously noted as "Dil Ka Bayaan") shot at Bastia Museum Café were leaked in August 2014.[22] Filming began in Shimla on 1 December 2014.[6] It featured child artistes playing the young characters of Kapoor's and Padukone's in an unknown flashback sequence.[23][24] Scenes with Javed Sheikh were filmed in Shimla alone. Kapoor was observed sporting a countryside look. In another scene he had donned as a graduating student from Jaypee University of Information Technology.[6][25] The Kolkata schedule began on 16 January 2015, where Padukone was seen filming at the old airport and J Thomas & Co. Pvt. Ltd.[7][26] The song titled, "Heer To Badi Sad Hain" was shot in Kolkata.[27]
The Delhi schedule of filming began on 29 January 2015.[28] Scenes featuring Kapoor were shot at the Time Tower Business Park in Gurgaon.[29] Padukone joined the same schedule a day later, beginning the shoot in southern Delhi’s Hauz Khas village.[30] The scheduled was wrapped up by 23 February 2015.[31] Certain scenes were shot in Delhi from 10 March 2015, extending a week further.[32] On 22 March 2015, filming in Shimla resumed. Three days later to the date, Kapoor was being filmed at Ridge road and Hill town.[33]
For the scene, his appearance carried a clean-shaven look and he wore
grey hooded jacket, white shirt and jeans. Majority of the scenes were
shot at Bishop Cotton School.[34]
A scene dating the year 2004 in the backdrop was canned where Kapoor
delivered a lecture on stage. The next filming schedule began in Tokyo on 8 April 2015[35] and lasted for two days.[35] Further, filming continued in Delhi for five days.[35] In August 2015, the last schedule of filming began at Mehboob Studios in Mumbai.[36][37] The filming was officially completed on 6 August 2015.[38][39][40]
Music
Main article: Tamasha (soundtrack)
The soundtrack album and film score is composed by A. R. Rahman with song lyrics by Irshad Kamil.[41] The music in the film has been used as a narrative to enhance the inherent drama of the situation without dialogues[42] whereas the lyrical work presents human emotions in different flavours.[43]
The soundtrack album's first single "Matargashti" was released on October 9, 2015.[44] The album was released on 16 October 2015 by the record label T-Series.[45]
Release
Ranbir Kapoor had no releases in the year 2014. After January 2015, Kapoor had Roy, Bombay Velvet and Jagga Jasoos lined up for release. In order to avoid back to back releases with less time gap between his films, he decided to postpone Tamasha to 2016.[46] Further, the producers of the film couldn't opt for a late December 2015 release due to multi-starrer films Bajirao Mastani and Dilwale.[46] However, in May 2015, it was announced that Tamasha will release on November 27, 2015 and Kapoor's other film Jagga Jaasoos pushed to mid-2016.[47]
The film was censored with U/A certificate on 7 November 2015. Scenes with bawdy dialogue references and comments addressing Padukone’s character[48] were muted.[48][49] The censor board claimed it as the most lengthy kissing scene ever on screen, longer than the one picturised between Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor in the film Raja Hindustani.[49] On 17 November 2015, The British Board of Film Classification passed the film uncut with PG certificate.[50] The film had a special screening at Yash Raj Studios on November 26, 2015.[51]
The film released on November 27, 2015 at an estimate 2100 number of screens in India and 571 screens overseas.[52]
Critical response
India
Critic Mehul of Deccan Chronicle
awarded 4 stars (out of 5) and stated, "Imtiaz Ali, in this film,
creates a different world and makes you believe in it till the last shot
of the film."[53] Ananya Bhattacharya of India Today gave the film 3.5 stars (out of 5), writing, "In all, Tamasha
is vintage wine. There are inhibitions that keep you from falling
head-over-heels in love with the film the first time you watch it. Once
done away with the initial hesitation, Tamasha is an experience."[54] For The Times of India, critic Priya Gupta said, "The route Tamasha takes is long-winded and plain boring at times."[55] She gave the film 3 stars (out of 5).[55] Pallavi Patra of Zee News
gave the film 3.5 stars (out of 5) claimed, " A clear picture of how
twisted your life can get under the painful currents of life. All said
and done, the clear winners in this 'drama' are the protagonists, more
than the story itself."[56] For The Huffington Post India, critic Supratik Chatterjee writes, "Tamasha is, in many ways, a culmination of the recurring themes in Ali’s filmography. It is tonally messier than his last film, Highway, but more emotionally satisfying than Rockstar and brings together elements from many of his films in a pleasing-enough manner."[57]
Writing for CNN-IBN, film critic Rajeev Masand called Tamasha
an uneven film that oscillates between inventive and indulgent, never
quite striking a consistent tone. He criticized the script but praised
the performances of Kapoor and Padukone. He gave the film 2.5 stars (out
of 5).[58] Critic based at Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2 stars (out of 5) and wrote, "On the whole, Tamasha comes across as a colossal disappointment in spite of towering performances and chemistry between the lead stars."[59] In his review for NDTV, Saibal Chatterjee gave stars (out of 5) writes, "Tamasha is at best a one-time watch because of the sparkle the leads lend to it. It could have been so much more."[60] Surabhi Redkar of Koimoi
pointed out, "Tamasha is different but not perfect. Ranbir Kapoor and
Deepika Padukone deliver fine performances." However, she awarded the
film 2.5 stars (out of 5).[61] Critic Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express
reviewed in positive stating, "Deepika is luminous, and she is much
more sure-footed in her part. Even though Ranbir gets more space, Tara
is drawn with welcome depth."[62] However, she gave the film 2 stars (out of 5).[62] Critic Subhash K. Jha for Firstpost
stated, "This is a film that doesn’t entirely succeed in its endeavour
to decode the heart's enigmatic excursions. But the journey is
fascinating and admirable, though not entirely fulfilling."[63]
Critic Anupama Chopra, in her review to Hindustan Times writes, "Tamasha
starts to feel indulgent and predictable. The writing also gets lazy —
Imtiaz settles for stereotypes and simplistic resolutions."[64] In her review for The Hindu, critic Namrata Joshi called the film 'ponderous and protracted'[65] Rachit Gupta of Filmfare
mentioned, " Ironically, it has a story that tries to ward off
mediocrity in everyday life, and yet the film only manages to evoke
mixed reactions.[66]
Satya Kandala who gives the film 3 (out of 5 stars) in his review,
stated " Tamasha fall short of true greatness is Ali's indulgence with
the characters and situations, which at times makes the film look like
it is trying too hard and a little too kitschy." [67]
Overseas
Andy Webster for The New York Times
emphasized reviewing the characters and the direction. In his review,
he mentioned, "Imtiaz Ali actually celebrates two love affairs: Ved and
Tara’s, and (given Ved’s universal adulation) with his own
self-aggrandizing vision of his calling."[68] In her review for Gulf News, Manjusha Radhakrishnan wrote, "The lead actors and Corsica look picture-perfect, but the movie isn’t free of blemishes."[69] Sneha May Franics of Emirates 24/7 opined, "Imtiaz Ali's indulgent narrative isn’t quintessential Bollywood, and that’s not necessarily bad"[70] In a review for The Guardian,
Mike McCahill wrote, "Imtiaz Ali’s film is a surprising meta-narrative
of archetypal star-crossed lovers, but its cool tricksiness leaves
little room for surrendering to the story."[71] Deepa Gauri of Khaleej Times
awarded the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Tamasha is un-Bollywood
in its rhythm and pace, yet endears you with its essential simplicity."[72] Lisa Tsering of The Hollywood Reporter stated, "The film is a moving meditation on what it means to find out who you really are."[73]In his review for The Express Tribune,
Rafay Mahmood gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5, stating: "Great music,
exceptional performances and a different take on love don’t prevent
Imtiaz Ali’s Tamasha from culminating in a disappointment."[74]
Box office
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In India, Tamasha collected ₹24.04 crore (US$3.6 million) nett by the first saturday of release[75] and ₹48 crore (US$7.2 million) worldwide.[76] The film collected ₹14.12 crore (US$2.1 million) net on its third day taking its first weekend total to ₹38.23 crore (US$5.7 million) net in India, making it eight highest opening weekend film of 2015.[77] The film collected ₹5.07 crore (US$760,000) nett on its fourth day, ₹4.07 crore (US$610,000) on its fifth day, and ₹3.32 crore (US$500,000) on its 12 day.[78] The film collected ₹63.50 crore (US$9.5 million) nett in India during its second week.[79]
As of international markets, within four days of its release, the film grossed $3.5 million[80] hence the worldwide collection was ₹61.23 crore (US$9.1 million) in the first weekend.[81] The one week worldwide collection was ₹77.44 crore (US$12 million)[78]
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