Ya! My first pick for this series is Tamasha. It has been more than 5 years since tamasha released and a lot of people have praised and criticized this movie. It is okay to criticize something if it has flaws but sometimes flaws are the only thing which makes a movie beautiful. This movie is not just about a man discovering his true self. It is more than that, it mocks us about our monotonous lifestyle, drives us to follow our passion and discover ourselves. You are the writer and director of your story. Tamasha tells a lot of stories within itself.

Tamasha begins with a skit as a part of Ved’s spectacle. From here, the viewers are taken to the tour of the streets of Corsica where two Indians meet each other and have a great time together. It really feels great to hear someone talking in Hindi at a foreign land. Despite of the fact that both Ved and Tara were impersonating someone other than them they were their true version of themselves in Corsica.

Okay so now let’s move a little bit forward. Imtiaz Ali is famous for visiting the streets of Delhi in his movies and as the time progressed Delhi has changed and so the characters created by him.

The corporate lifestyle of Delhi made Ved a robot. All he knew was to just work, smile, laugh and cry at the instructions of his boss. He was not that ‘Don’ anymore, the one who was chilling in Corsica. Mirrors and Ved have a very long connection. From imitating Dev Anand to talking to different versions of himself, Delhi made Ved lose his ‘uncorrupted’, side.

There are a few moments which really make me love the way Delhi is shown in this movie. On his way back to home after yelling at Tara, Ved finds a story teller in the auto driver who narrates his life story to him. Ved tries to fit himself in the situations told by the auto driver.

Phir kya? ‘Wahi kahani phir ek baar … Majnu ne liye kapde phaad … maar tamasha beech bazar’ Ved starts narrating stories to the people on roadside and the shine on his face and his enthusiasm were enough to tell us what he wanted to be in this lifetime.

Next up what I love the most is the cinematography of 'Agar Tum Sath Ho’. Many people say that Ved was a bipolar character and it was kind of okay because the use of two voices of Arijit in the song do hints towards this. The way he walks out of the café with randomly chopped frames it does reflects his fight with his inner conflicts. Not to forget the closing scene of this song, Tara sits on the ground surrendering herself to Ved and he is leaning against a wall with graffiti, depicting how beautifully messed up he his as a person.

For Ved and Tara Delhi was more than just a city of high rise buildings, fancy cafés and restaurants. It was a depiction of their personalities which they tried to hide and reveal occasionally.

I hope you enjoyed reading this write up. I’ll be posting more in the upcoming days till then keep reading and sharing this series.