5 Years Of Tamasha - Can Anyone Explain It To Me - Page 2

I just relate to this in so many levels.. I don't know ..I loved it ❤️ But I am sure it would be difficult to watch at present, it would give me anxiety or maybe new perspective?

Doesn't present exact reality but really questions the reality, whether or not, we are our true selves at present, why are we doing what we are doing, are we happy, living the lives we want to live or just compromising, ..

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I don't know ...I will not be able to describe properly..

One of my fav movies!! Best of Ranbir and Deepaka

My personal opinion.. I would not have liked this movie if I watched it when I was in my twenties....

Originally posted by: DushtKanya

Ah this movie ❤️

It's a beautiful story of conflict, identity crisis and epiphany imo. Basically, it draws the line between your authentic, real self and the mask that you adopt, which you project as your personality in front of the world.

Your mind represses your core self because of daily life pressures and traumas to hide your anxieties and your wholesome emotions, with the aim to protect you from conscious pain. It's said that none of us are actually FULLY 'ourselves' as in we don't always go by our impulses all the time. We're shaped by the values inculcated by our elders, society, culture, laws and a lot of things, if you know what I mean. In this case, Ved was leading a practically robotic lifestyle, far from what he actually yearned for, because he'd gradually imbibed the monotonous personality that his father had pressurized him to have.

So you gradually become so attached to that image that your mind has so carefully crafted to adapt to the outside world that it becomes hard for you to realise that you're disconnected from yourself, let alone dismantle that image. And the latter is exactly what Tara involuntarily does - she triggers Ved during the scene where she rejects his engagement proposal, letting him know that he is not this 'boring' project manager who lives a routine, but the guy whom she met in Corsica who was carefree, spontaneous and passionate about stories. That is when he was fully channelling and relishing his true self, away from daunting 'reality'.

Here, Ved's love for Tara is what pushes him to embark on this journey of self-discovery, which of course consisted of transitionary states and existential crisis. And what makes it even better is Tara's patience. She knows what is hidden behind that mask of his and she sticks around even during his conflicting phase, because she loves him.

I personally think that Tamasha is a wonderful, albeit complex depiction of how one sheds the mask to embrace freedom, more so because it's love that pushes Ved to do it :) I really enjoyed the symbolisms and Ved's journey towards enlightenment. He's so lost that he seeks the help of the storyteller - someone who actually made him feel alive during his childhood - to find some sort of direction. I also like how they used the rickshaw driver who makes the distinction between what was convenient for his own living and what he actually wanted as a propelling factor towards Ved's realisation.

Ranbir was phenomenal as Ved, still think that this is his best performance ever, Barfi being a close second. Deepika was luminous as Tara and that pivotal Agar Tum Saath Ho sequence was beautifullly executed ❤️

T4S

I will probably stick to cartoons tho