....perhaps
the best thing that describes Tamasha. Once again Imtiaz Ali lives up to his unique
method of portrayal of human characters, emotions and most importantly the
spirit which distinguishes us in the animal kingdom. From the 1st scene to the
last you can feel a story being sketched or narrated much like the novels of R.
K. Narayan, one can see and feel the picture.
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A
boy lost in his childhood in the dreams spun by a story teller, perhaps wishes to be like him. A girl meets the boy,
the girl falls in love for his spirits, so much so, that even after 4 years of
their meeting she still misses that soul. Events so happen that she lands in
the boy's town and goes hunting for the boy. She meets him but finds a lost
soul, a dead man living. She tells her
what she came for and what she is observing. The boy gets disturbed on being
reminded about himself. They decide to part but cannot and hold on to
themselves in the fight of human spirit.
Performances
are good from energetic actors, their chemistry working fine. But it is all
about the Director. Tamasha touches the chord set by Udaan & portrays in
the manner where Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani failed. From the very 1st moment to the last you
can feel a story being narrated with a modern approach of an opera. The major
part of 1st half looks much weird yet organized like the stage of a drama, with
some upcoming purpose, the story unfolding as it goes on. At no point the
characters have grown beyond the art-director's intent. The conscious effort of
personification of the human spirit (specially through the village story teller
& city auto driver) lends a Sufi touch to the film. The craving of human
spirit to set itself free beyond social bindings never gets overshadowed by the
main characters and their romance. Unrealistic and over simplistic romanticized
presentation, thin story line might not encourage happy-go movie viewers, but
this is not about Time-Pass, its serious artistic-stuff.
