![]() ![]() Ali deserved accolades for many sequences like the one in an auto which leads to "wattu watu" songs is creative or the one where he confronts his father "lecture" on responsibility and blah blah blah. The gloominess of monotony and monstrosity of lifeless survival is effectively displayed which probably haunts 90% of those watching the film. One of my fav is the repeated scenes with cut shots of the following frames - his alarm clock waking him in the morning, brushing teeth, having breakfast, getting stuck in traffic, getting into office lift, swapping his card and settling at his cubicle. In several sequences he proved why he is one of the finest directors around. He dexterously uses mirrors and shadows (as props) to reflect the inner conflict of the central character. Ali dares to experiment with the narrative as it goes past, present and future as he paints 3 phases of Ved's life. ![]() Imtiaz Ali tried the same story but gave it a dark & poetic tone, dealing with the complexities of human emotions. Last month Vikas Behl tried to narrate a similar tale but the surreal setting and quirky humour boomeranged. The world of dreams kind of gives him a freedom and there begins a fairy tale journey which culminates into self-actualization with Ved realizing his potential through the eyes of Tara Maheshwari. Well I guess majority of us can connect with him as he webs several stories and lives each of them in his mind. He is bored & wants to get rid of his mundane daily life which brings him closer to a bipolar personality. With Tamasha he brings back his non-conformist lead in the form of Ved but unlike Janarthan Ranbir Kapoor's character is an apparently soft- spoken dreamer who is a byproduct of materialistic societal existence. ![]() And for someone like me who distants himself from mushy romance are attracted by Imtiaz Ali's characters who comes across as free-spirited and hatke. ![]() Be it mild nature Viren Oberoi from Socha Na Tha or cutely hyper Geet from Jab We Met or rebellious Janarthan from Rockstar his protagonists are different who antics influences their contradictory counterparts thus shaping into an unusual love-story. They are not anti-social or asocial but are non-conformist in nature. The stage is set for another Imtiaz Ali extravaganza - On analyzing Imtiaz Ali film we can see he has an inclination towards characters that are aberrations to societal rules and traditions. The robot symbolizes most of us, our mechanical existence whereby we are killing our dreams each passing day by being unwillingly part of a routine life which we abhor but then we need the money. The film begins with an act of a Tamasha whereby we get introduced to a joker who is laughing at a robot having stuck between Dil & Duniya. ![]()
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