How did Tamasha become a cult movie?

I haven't seen these many blogposts on any other film that has come in the last decade. There are big analysis blogs on a single dialogue of this film.

My take on the movie is that it was powerful and had its heart in the right place, but just wasn't cohesive enough to fuel engagement. The movie was all over the place, maybe Imtiaz wanted it that way, but that prevented the audience from latching onto it completely. It had many glorious, golden moments, which will stay etched in my mind forever, like the bonding of the two leads in Corsica, the reunion scene of Ved and Tara, the scene where Ved confronts his parents. But moments alone can't build a movie -- these moments need to be strung together by an engaging screenplay and the movie fell behind in this aspect.

What will stay forever is the phenomenal performances by both leads, each complimenting the other, one as the heart of the film(Ranbir) and the other the soul of the film(Deepika).

Your take on Tamasha?

I personally did not like the movie because as a Ranbir fan, it was annoying to see him to yet another "finding yourself" kinda role. I also was so disappointed to see him do the Barfi-esque acting uggh! To make matters worse, Deepika did a better job than him and uggh I was so resentful about that back then 😆

But objectively speaking, I think a lot of people could relate to the struggle of being sufffocated in life trying to fulfill other people's expectations and dreams as opposed to your own dreams.

Tara and Ved's relationship was also quite relatable, one partner being very confident about knowing what they want and the other partner struggling with confidence and not knowing what they want in life.

It’s more point and laugh material no ? 😆

Originally posted by: Sharpener

I personally did not like the movie because as a Ranbir fan, it was annoying to see him to yet another "finding yourself" kinda role. I also was so disappointed to see him do the Barfi-esque acting uggh! To make matters worse, Deepika did a better job than him and uggh I was so resentful about that back then 😆

But objectively speaking, I think a lot of people could relate to the struggle of being sufffocated in life trying to fulfill other people's expectations and dreams as opposed to your own dreams.

Tara and Ved's relationship was also quite relatable, one partner being very confident about knowing what they want and the other partner struggling with confidence and not knowing what they want in life.

I've seen Tamasha quite a few times and find it a beautiful movie. It's not perfect, by any means, but it has perfect moments.

Acting was superb from both, IMO.

Ranbir: I would put this right up there with Rockstar as Ranbir's best performance. The sheer confidence he showcases in comedy for the first half is complimented with amazing intensity of Ved's conflict in the second half. For me, there are visuals of his performance that are going to be etched in my mind for a long, long time.

Deepika: Deepika is the support not only Ranbir required in the movie but movie without her wouldn't have been nearer to what it is now. She is no less than Ranbir.

Originally posted by: Maroonporsche

It’s more point and laugh material no ? 😆

You'd be surprised. It's a cult movie on the Internet. I've not seen so many blogposts on any other movie. Youngsters related to it. I remember the part where Ranbir starts muttering incoherent nonsense in front of his boss. people were literally screeching in theatre.😆

And no, it's not exactly meme material, if that's what u mean.