Talkon_Highway_Tamasha_movie

#Talkon_Highway_Tamasha_movie,

#Movie studies(modern cinema),

#Held in department of English,

#With supportive hands of Dilip Barad Sir,

MKBU,

Invitee:Vishal Pandya (Sir),

Organised by Dilip Barad (Sir),

18th January, 2019.

"FILM STUDIES" IS MUCH USEFUL AS HERE WE ARE MADE FAMILIAR WITH THE "NARRATIVE MANNER", "THE WAY OF COMMUNIACTION BETWEEN THE TWO"(how by only changing the manner it changes its naturality and transforms this into some another fixed shape), HOW AT ONCE A THING RESEMBLANCES AS PER THE CONVENIENCE OF THE MOVIE, THE COLOUR OF CHARACTERS CLOTHES WERE CHANGED,  HOW ONE REACTS FROM ONE'S ACTIONS, HOW WE'RE TO EVALUATE SUCH PERCEPTIONS, WHILE OUR PRIME CONCERN SHOULD BE "OUR OWN PERCEPTION" DURING WATCHING ANY OF THE MOVIES.

"Ved" is presented in this movie "as a mouthpiece of Imtiazali(the producer of the movie". The character is flawed by nature(egoistic), mechanical(bookish like) and conventional, conservative in terms of living life.

While in its contradiction, we see "Tara" who represents "modern way of living life". Who is carefree, practical, rational and bit emotional one(as last occurs in her personality).

The story unfolds in such a way, that both of them first decide to hide their identities and just stay with one another, gradually they fall in love with each other and they are separated. 

"A single journey of life is ended".

As It is said "Ignorance is bliss"! Same has happened with both of them, they remain in bliss, but as soon as they become familiar to each other, the exact charm is lost. As "marriage institution" represents "conventionality" by being conventional, "Ved" proposes "Tara" to be his "life-partner for life" but he was refused and that makes "Tara" realizes that, perhaps "Ved" has some complexities/flaws in his character, as he is unable to tolerate "Tara's words" and left her, without any possible reaction. Though "Tara" as came to realise her own "peripetia" for "Ved", goes to convey her apology but he is lost in his own identity as he is extremely hurt by "Tara's refusal words" but didn't ever try to see the same thing with "Tara's insight" as he was used to, when both were living in absence of their identities and shows inability to cope up/compromise and understand the situational trauma, generated between the duo.

At last when "hero" arrives to ask the fakeer for what will be his left part of the story of his forthcoming life? He is addressed as "incompetent" by him, as he has to ask others for his own "life's story".

Through his(Imtiaz Ali)movies like; Tamasha, Highway, Socha na tha, Rockstar, Jab Harry met Sejal, Cocktail, Love aajkal, he has shown all the heroines progressive, not in degression as in 90s movies "heroines were shown as unable to survive without hero" but here "under reflection of modern cinema" those survive and have the will power to win over on any situation(s)/condition(s).

Then he also introduced a glimpse of (highway movie) where the heroine reflects "Tara's characteristics"  and is abducted, gradually the bond gets developed between the duo; heroine as well as hero and they fell in love. A favourable remarks were given to this movie by sir, as it has 'positive connotation' in it.

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Hence after watching "both the movies" we come to realise that it is all about "the human role in daily life" and perhaps the sense one will get from "within" not "without" while both are reflecting opposite sides of each coins, it is a performance, which one has to perform now and then, without denial, by building a sense of responsibility and maturity. On the other side it emphasises on its contradictory tendency of aforementioned tendency.

Thankyou 

Samiya Kagdi

A learner at PG center

Department of English

MKBU

Source:

Today's session(Talk on "Imtiaz Ali's movies").