Tamasha could have been, but is certainly not, Imtiaz’s best – I found it better than Rockstar, but it is not as gripping as Highway. With Imtiaz’s intriguing take on love stories, scenic locations and brilliant acting by Ranbir and Deepika, it is a one-time watch, but nothing more.

Imtiaz Ali, in this film, creates a different world and makes you believe in it till the last shot of the film. The movie isn’t a conventional love story, but every emotion has been layered with justification that only Imtiaz could pull off successfully. This ‘Tamasha’ is definitely to be seen again and again. Going by the full house that came in to see the film for a 9 am show, Ranbir Kapoor had never lost any audience despite 3 flops in row.

Like the protagonists, all of us know what it is to be tied down and not do what our hearts long. But the route Tamasha takes is long-winded and plain boring at times.

Deepika and Ranbir convey their angst and passion so convincingly that you’re hooked. Except for the curiosity about them, the rest of the drama is `oh,never-mind’.

Watch Tamasha because it’s beyond the ordinary and for the fantastic screen chemistry of Ranbir and Deepika.

In all, Tamasha is vintage wine. There are inhibitions that keep you from falling head-over-heels in love with the film the first time you watch it. Once done away with the initial hesitation, Tamasha is an experience. Watch the film for, well, everything.

Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Tamasha’ plays out like a tamasha, it doesn’t try to follow a formula. But I guess Ali stopped playing to the gallery quite a while back.
Will his narrative work with the larger audience? I am not sure. Did it work for me? Hell, yes, it did. No one understands a complicated heart better than Imtiaz Ali.

TAMASHA is entertaining and worth a watch. For Ranbir and Deepika fans, this is one helluva treat!

What didn’t work was that the film was unnecessarily stretched to two and half hours. Besides, there were one or two logic-defying, difficult-to-relate-to scenes which seemed forcibly introduced to take the story forward. But watch this one. You might come out loving yourself a little more than you do.

Tamasha is not free of glaring drawbacks. The narrative tends to humour itself to the extent of supreme selfindulgence and the pace when Deepika goes missing, is languid. But the heart, the pounding bleeding heart, is always in the right place. This is a haunting fable about two fatally flawed people who think they are in love.Tamasha is a game-changer in the romantic genre.

Although he charmingly weaves in a lot of elements to break the mold in Indian cinema, there are still elements that struggle to keep it mainstream – the search for romance needed fulfillment, the pain- an antidote. Had he released Tamasha after having made it as art for art’s sake, we probably would have seen a great film. 

There will be plenty reasons to watch this beautifully shot film [DOP, Ravi varman]. But let’s not get into too many of them. Let’s just say, this is one of the best films of this year.

Overall, ‘Tamasha’ is a definite watch for all those who believe in love and the fact that people change, but not always for reasons of their own, but because of the world they live in. A clear picture of how twisted your life can become, under the painful currents of life. But, the clear winners in this ‘drama’ are the protagonists, more than the story itself.

…this Tamasha needs to be unfolded by each of us atleast ones. Do give it a shot for Ranbir and Deepika, please…

Despite the flaws, the film is full of mad charm and is all heart. Tamasha is an incredible spectacle of a movie, to be experienced, not merely viewed.

Any film that makes you go into a thought circle like that has won me. While Tamasha might have aimed at it, it won’t make you get up and relook your life and the many faces you carry. It won’t make you rip off the mask you wear and let the beast in you out as soon as you walk out of the theater. But, if it makes you think in that direction for even a little bit, if it makes you look at your bipolar self which might just be normal, while making a genuine attempt at telling the same story differently, hasn’t it done its job?

Ali tries to be a dream peddler with this one, with only partial success. Tamasha could still inspire you if you looked beyond the execution and peered into the heart of the story. We’ll call a spade a spade, and tell you that you might not get as entertained as you’d expect from a Kapoor-Padukone romance. However, we hope this mild misfire doesn’t really impact Ali’s own dreams – he does have some really good ones, you know.

Tamasha succeeds in providing a meaningful experience for moviegoers. However, Tamasha’s non-linear narrative style does play a spoilsport but if the audience is willing to invest more, it’s a rewarding experience.

The plot of Tamasha is brilliant- kudos to Imtiaz Ali! But the execution is not up to the mark. Ranbir and Deepika look picture perfect, as expected. It is not an ordinary love story even though it may look like one. For all those who like performance driven films, Tamasha is a must-watch!

The first half of the movie has a wild, free and young attitude as Ranbir Kapoor entertains the audiences by his witty one-liners and dialogues, while the second half see’s the actor battling with his personality. The movie is a one time watch.

Tamasha knows where it’s going but takes an unnecessary detour.

I feel Shagun Batra dealt with the same issue in Ek Main Aur Ek Tu a shade better, devoid of any dramatics, real and urbane. But Tamasha, despite bringing in a touch of tamasha, is a one-time watch for sure.

Tamasha is not a romantic comedy but it is breathtakingly romantic. It will knock the wind out of you. It is the kind of love that changes you, brings out your real self – ugly, eccentric, absolutely weird but affable. Imtiaz’s films cast that spell, catapults you into a parallel world and this time he pulls it off better than ever before. Give your conflicted side a chance, it probably can do better than you believe.

Another of Imtiaz’s take on love story, this film is not as gripping as his past works. It is a complex story, trying to tell a story very maturely but fails to strike the right chords.