Imtiaz Ali's Comment 'Slap'on Conformity

Tamasha is certainly the most complex story from Imtiaz Ali till now, the story works in different layers, the story keeps on skipping bravely through the time in pure Ali’s style and thus gets hard to follow sometimes. Ved’s character is lost and finds himself again in the movie just like Ranbir’s Character in Rockstar does or Geet’s Character in Jab We Met.

Imtiaz Ali uses this style of story telling in all his movies, his characters are always a little out of world and somewhat crazy. He follows parallel narration in his movies which gets a little too heavy sometimes. Parallel Narration has its own artistic brilliance though that can never be captured in a Linear Narrative. In a parallel narrative the plot and themes can be revealed with much more panache and it gives a story teller a lot more ways. May it be in Ali’s Rockstar or Love Aaj Kal, he uses Parallel Narration to amplify the reveal in the climax. He also divides his ‘Tamasha’ in 5 Acts naming them like Chapters.

Imtiaz Ali is certainly in his best as a director in Tamasha, he uses Shakespearean ‘Play in the play‘ theme and Narrators to Narrate their own tales. He does so with cinematic genius. Throughout the movie you can witness mirrors in many scenes involving Ved. Imtiaz Ali uses Mirror as a prop in many scenes to show internal conflicts which goes on in Ved’s Mind. He uses small cuts to show Conformity of a Mediocre Life, like the quick cuts showing: Ved Slamming his Alarm Clock, him brushing his teeth, driving daily, waiting for the lift, wishing good morning to his Colleagues. The mediocre Machinic life is shown quite well using montage. He uses his Trademark style with small cut moving seamlessly through different time.

Complete analysis : http://www.filmicsite.com/2016/06/04/tamasha-complex-story-breaking-the-monotony/

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