Tamasha, a movie that was powerful and unique. Maybe not a complete hit but a movie good enough to have an impact on your perspective of looking at life.
The storytelling in this movie is nonlinear. They start off with a young Ved(Ranbir Kapoor) who is addicted to listening stories sitting under a tree from an old man in the quiet evenings of Shimla. He has an overbearing father, who expects him to focus in school and has carved out a conventional life for him but Ved seems to enjoy his fantasy world.
After a few years, we are straight taken to the picturesque location of Corsica, France where Tara(Deepika Padukone) meets Ved. Noticing her in a problem, Ved volunteers to help her and in turn asks her to maintain their meeting as a fictitious event and not let reality ruin it. Thus Ved and Tara meet as Don and Mona Darling and have a crazy trip together. As expected, cupid strikes at the wrong moment and Tara falls in love with Ved. Before leaving Corsica and considering it their last meet, Tara kisses Ved goodbye.
Four years later, Tara is still obsessing over him and moves to Delhi for work. In a hope to find him, she awaits his presence at a cafe, she expects him to see at since she learns about his frequent visits there in Corsica. Once Ved arrives, the duo meet each other for real and start dating. On spending, more time together, Tara realizes Ved is a different person altogether and turns down his engagement proposal.
I can say it was a serious movie. Something quite different. It actually talked about how it was important for a person to know who he actually was. What was his identity? Was was his love in life? What was he special at? Our society with its rules and restrictions compelled all of us to run this rat race not knowing where we were actually heading to. Some were quite sure about their victory in the race because deep inside they actually enjoyed the work they did. But for the rest who didn't like what they were doing, they were a complete lost bunch who were just questioning themselves on why their life turned out to be the way it was. Each person had something inside him which could make him a winner. But even if a person did find that special trait, our society only valued certain qualities. Not every type of talent received the recognition it actually deserved. In this process, our society had produced many unsung heroes. Ved was a great example. Though he displayed exemplary talent for story telling, no one cared. Then he found Tara, the only person who valued the real Ved, the extraordinary storyteller and the crazy child he was from inside and they fell in love. Somehow the movie was very different from other love stories. It actually taught you that living your dreams and desires was more important than living for the society or for the desires of your dear ones.
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