Flashback 2015 : Why did Tamasha flop?

I've seen Tamasha quite a few times and find it a beautiful movie. It's not perfect, by any means, but it has perfect moments.

Tamasha is a story about :

1) Embracing your inner self

2) Breaking away from the shackles of the unfortunate childhood you wish you did not have but has become deeply embedded in your bones.

3) It talks about the invisible weights that we carry on our shoulders which we have learnt to consider a part of our own self.

4) It is about un-learning point 3.

5) It is about facing the demons inside after running away from them for as long as you can remember.

6) It is a movie about self-discovery.

7) It is about the power of love. The hero did not break free from everything that held him back until love compelled him to.

Acting was superb.

Ranbir: I would put this right up there with Rockstar as Ranbir's best performance. The sheer confidence he showcases in comedy for the first half is complimented with amazing intensity of Ved's conflict in the second half. For me, there are visuals of his performance that are going to be etched in my mind for a long, long time.

Deepika: Deepika is the support not only Ranbir required in the movie but movie without her wouldn't have been nearer to what it is now. She is no less than Ranbir.

Well, review apart, I also wondered why this movie flopped. Can you guys elaborate on this?

Pros-

1-the acting from everyone was great

2-second half was pretty good

3-the overall feeling of hopelessness when u r stuck being mediocre at something when u could be great at another thing,potrayed very well

4-great soundtrack

5-great cinematography

6-rk do chemistry

Cons-

1-furst half was irritating for me. Characters behaved randomly cz script told them too, not believably. They didn't have one Normal conversation

2-the couple fell in love too easily. I didn't understand why when dp's Character felt suffocated with rk,instead of being relieved by d breakup she was so devastated during agar Tim sath ho? Itna Pyar ksb hua bz since they're dating he hasn't behaved the same way like he did in Corsica. The I love u at film theatre was so sudden n then sudden proposal.

3-ved needed some therapy. It's unrealistic to show him bipolar with split personality tendencies but then boom one meeting with childhood storyteller n all sorted

Tamasha was my most awaited movie of 2015. But I was mega disappointed with it upon release. The screenplay was all over the place. The flow of the movie was just so slow and it was excruciating. However I have watched it several times since then and appreciate that there are many magical moments within it.

What grates on me is the "chaar sale hogaye" part - not the scene itself (which I LOVE!!!) but the fact that Tara was pining for Ved for FOUR YEARS - like what the funk?? That was just so OTT. If it had been a year then fair enough, I could digest that, but 4 years omg.

Performance wise: for me this was Deepika's best performance of 2015 by far. I also think it' Ranbir's best. Music was great, visuals were great, costumes and everything else technical on point.

it was not so great as people were saying

did not like both their characters

he had some bipolar disorder and was a big coward

she was some spineless girl who was pining away for 4 frikking years

it was too unnatural

and the dialogues were so cringey weird..

songs were amazing though

i think this movie was too experimental

Boring movie flop shit

Becoz it was boring plus not even realistic!

Imtiaz Ali decided to pen a story on his NLP experiments. But he's just not talented enough to make something worthwhile. And to make up for that, he injects love stories and then his love stories always go overboard.....like Deepika's excessive rona dhona,......both the characters' too much pyaar in Rockstar....that's what he does. So that's that. Havent watched the movie tho.

I thought the movie was alright.. Ranbir's performance is memorable, the 'look' of the movie was great.. I liked the opening scene and that scene where Ranbir talks to his parents, I like the drama, the storyline is okay.. I found a few bits a bit too pretentious but it's all good..

My problem was the way it became all about the career. I enjoyed the plot until it became all about the career.. and, that, with the right career i.e. when you follow your own passion for a career you're life gets better.. I get that career can make a huge difference in one's life, but somehow, the scope of the story that seemed to be pondering upon the human condition was severely narrowed down because it became all about the career. And, that kind of became a turn off for me... lost my interest in the film. Felt little disappointed..

IDK what I was expecting :p ..it's actually a good film, for what it is.

I didn't find anything wrong with Ved-Tara love story though.. I mean, it was good for what it is.. it is what it is.

The reception among people I know is divided.. you either have people who love it, or people who found it unbearable.

One of my Most fav movies..

I never knew about this movie and or Ranbir till I came to IF in late 2017 or so. ( so many people mentioned this movie)

I loved loved the movie.. and so wish I knew about it before.

Most of my friends loved it it too ( all watched after it came on netflix )

Loved Ranbir, Deepika, music & cinematography...

I still get teary eyed when I hear "Agar tum saath ho.." ...

Ranbir is my fav because or this movie and Jagga..

It must have flopped because it is for emotional fools like me...( just my opinion)

I don't know,I didn't watch..never felt like watching it online either.

maybe many DP fans felt like me..and stayed away.

Ved was not the Bunny of YJHD anymore,the aura had slipped..never understood the concept of the film..I laugh when I watch ' jab tum saath ho'.

I loved the strong Naina character in YJHD..She was so confident.Both times she let the guy go.She was sure the second time too,she wanted her life in India,her family ,clinic.She would never go with him.He would have to visit her in India.(Similar to Meera in LAK)

I can't bring myself to watch the pathetic Tara and Ved.