Tamasha (English:
Spectacle[2]) is an upcoming 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.
[3] 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.
T
amasha released on 27 November 2015.
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Cast
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.
[13]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.
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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.
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Development
In 2013, Imtiaz Ali began working on this project after Rockstar, collaborating once again with Ranbir Kapoor and A. R. Rahman.[8][9] Deepika Padukone was confirmed as the lead female in September 2013.[10] The working title of the project was The Window Seat.[11] 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.[12] Later, the film was titled, Tamasha.[11] 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'.[13] 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.[14]Ali stated that the film is constantly associated with the stage. There is an artist who narrates his stories on stage.[2] In August 2014, Padma Bhushan winner Teejan Bai was roped in to perform Pandavani and narrations of the Mahabharata for the film.[15] 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."[3]Ali went on to add that the film isn't autobiographical but has minor moments from his personal life portrayed onscreen.[2] 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.”[2]
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