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Tamasha (2015)
Defies expectations
When I watched this movie I had assumed it was a cutesy romcom and when those expectations were not met it first filled me with disappointment, after all I just wanted a nice cutesy movie to calm down after a long day.
But days after watching this movie it still stayed with me and I started appreciating it for what it really was: a striking and heart-breaking exploration of mental health.
The romance is part of the plot and certainly triggers the drama of the movie but it is made perfectly clear that he does not break down due to heartbreak, heartbreak just acted as the straw that broke the camels back. The protagonist would have eventually broken down anyways.
The emotional highlight of the movie is not the lovers reconciling, it is Ved confronting his father about his life. It is the cry of help of "I can't go on like this".
Ranbir Kapoor's performance is spot on and is bound to give you goosebumps.
Especially as someone who has experienced mental health problems myself I can relate to the helplessness of the protagonist, the loss of control.
It is an amazing step into the right direction of portraying mental illness in movies and stretching the importance of living your best life.
It is also important to show that the main character is neither the Don role he played on Corsica nor the office-job Ved she rejects, he is an entirely unique person, a storyteller.
I have two critique points: although story telling is essential to the character I believe the childhood sequence could easily have been shorter. The second is that I don't like clowns, although that is of course completely subjective and arbitrary.