#tara from tamasha

[yapundermoonlight]

~ fic scenario ~

sebongs as bollywood scenarios/movies/actor:

coups: first thought scoups is a RAICHAND! i think he'd be a very shahrukh khan character. running and trying to catch the train which has the girl of his dream. like ddjl or even k3g

jeonghan: he's definitely the guy who keeps annoying the actress and eventually she falls in love with his charms for some apparent reason. like all Govinda movies.

joshua: omg tell me you don't think about all the iconic rom coms of Imran Khan, Jane tu ya jaane Na, Ek Mai aur ek tu, he'd be so cute for all these roles!!!

jun: junie would be amazing in the roles of Aman from kal ho na ho and/or Raj from Mohabbatein. THE MAN CAN ACT AND SO WELL!!!

hoshi: a rom com would be incomplete if hoshi isn't the star. so Varun Dhawan coded, funny, witty, loud and always dancing!

wonwoo: all those soldier romantic movies which has drama, action, romance, whether it's veer Zara, shershaah. wonwoo would kill it with the action scenes and subtle flirting!!

woozi: Aditya (Shahid Kapoor) from jab we met because how quiet and reserved woozi is but deep now we know he's an old softie!

the8: he'd suit roles of rockstar/tamasha. the soul searcher, the loves with all his heart, the passionate person who sets out to find the meaning of life!

mingyu: he's so Aditya roy Kapoor/ Siddharth Kapoor coded. he'd fit so well for Ok jaanu. biggest pookie fr. or even bunny from yjhd. I'm sorry this man is too dashing to not fit the role of "chocolate boy of bollywood"

dk: ranveer singh immediately. no other thoughts. nothing else to consider. if both of them meet it's going to be so chaotic. also something like bajirao mastani would suit our arthur so much!!!

seungkwan: ahh i think saif ali khan and his charm in the early 2000s would suit seugkwan so much. Hum tum, love aaj kal, Tara rum pum. attracting people with his wit but also being annoying at times hahaha

vernon: i think Kabir from ZNMD would be a role Vernon would slay and it also matches his personality. finding epiphany, falling in love and appreciating life!

dino: i meannn he'd be so good in movies like Ajab Prem ki gajab kahani, Student of the year or Wake up Sid. The boy next door, who is handsome, can sing and dance, is passionate about life. It'd be so cool to watch!

what roles/scenarios/actors do you think suits the members. comment below✨💕

[happilyaloof]

Who is Laila? Who is Tara, or even Heer? They are not put in a story, to play their role of a lover, turning their lovers against the world or his family. They are not supposed to be conscious of the importance of their part in the bigger picture of Imtiaz Ali’s final thought. I don’t think so. They are not meant to know the mysteries of what lies on the other side of these questions or even be intrigued by these questions. Why?

Because they are beautiful metaphors of the utmost innocence, beyond and above anything ‘worldly’ we have to put up with, to survive.

And when Imtiaz Ali brings together a Qais and a Laila, it is not to create another Raj and Simran but to shake Qais’ or Ved’s world into disorder and bring to him those same questions of what lies “Pahad ke uss paar’’ or what is even the need of that Pahad? Laila, the metaphor, is his way to the answer and sometimes, she IS the answer.

Imtiaz Ali may provide different plots, ambitions, backgrounds; only to ditch the mundane and the superficialities of society, for ‘’…what you love and let it kill you’’ (Charles Bukowski). His philosophy resonates with me and since I am someone who deals with those existential questions day in and day out, I have the greatest urge to be the male character in all of his films.

Jordan in Rockstar holds Heer’s hand and walks her towards the field, away from right and wrong.

Ved in Tamasha finally breaks free from what limits him, with Tara as his guiding Star.

It was when Qais becomes Majnu (Urdu for mad), I knew why I chose to watch Laila Majnu after all these years of its release. I know the kind of effect these philosophical dramas have over me. I am all about the reaction that he gives in one noteworthy scene where he is talking to himself, leading to him getting hit with a stone and starts bleeding. He runs and he laughs. He is celebrating. He felt the rush, he was alive. His love was finally seen! He did not have to hide who he was anymore from anyone for the sake of this illusion of a world, now that he knows Laila is ‘real.’ The blood and the pain being the proof that he was not mad. He had his world in his Laila, walking with him all along, everywhere.

[oscarbewildered]

Tamasha, a truly overlooked Bollywood masterpiece, whenever I recall this film, there's a specific song that never fails to send shivers down my spine "Agar tum saath ho". It’s a song for everyone- the ones who believe in love, the ones who don’t and the ones who are trying. For even the ones who have won in love knows what it is to lose. The song narrates the timeless struggle between the heart and the mind. Tara, dressed in deep red tones, driven by her heart. Ved, in lighter beige attire, is driven by his brain.

In this moment, Tara tightly hugs Ved, as if pleading silently for him to stay. The way in which she holds him carries an emotional weight adding a layer of emotion and urgency to the scene, suggesting that words may not be enough to convey what she feels, and her actions speak volumes in seeking his presence. She's scared to lose him, and she feels like the relationship is ending. Thus, holding on to him as tight as possible.

But Ved reluctantly pushes her away releasing himself from the hug. We can see the tears in his eyes. He seems to be struggling with inner conflicts, caught between what he wants and what makes sense.

In a quiet moment, Tara and Ved rest their heads on the table. Gently stroking his head, as if trying to nudge his brain to fall in love with her. "Agar tum saath ho". But the brain is stubborn and determined, it is not ready to listen. It is practical. Ved looks away while they rest their heads on the table, he's hiding tears and feeling exposed and vulnerable. *Ved leaves*, "Bedard thi zindagi, bedard hai". Life was merciless, it is merciless, even if he stays with her. It does not make a difference.

"Mujhe lagta hai ki baatein dil ki, hoti lafzon ki dhokhebaazi". It's like realizing that sometimes words aren't enough to express the depth of what your heart truly wants, what you truly feel for each other. Love is a relationship in which one converses through shared silences, we see that here once again in the deep silence of Tara and Ved.🌻🌙

[kathai-kavithai-kadhal]

Mani Ratnam and the Female Experience in Cinema - A Rant

For context, I just finished binge-watching a bunch of films by various filmmakers, and I just realized how difficult some of them find it to let their characters just... be.

I don't know if this is just me, but I feel like Mani Ratnam has mastered the art of portraying characters as they are. What I mean is, a lot of other filmmakers tend to portray characters through their gaze. This becomes very apparent when you watch Imtiaz Ali's films, for example. I feel like he never really lets his female characters be. They are always trying to consciously or unconsciously "fix" the broken main character.

And this isn't just because of the fact that Imtiaz Ali's films generally revolve around the theme of love healing or fixing or completing you. Because if you think about it, Mani Ratnam has also made movies that revolve around the same theme, like OK Kanmani.

In the movie, the two main characters Tara and Adi are both young ambitious people who think that marriage would tie them down and are running from various incidents from their past as well as parts of their own adulthood and identity. All of this is subtly explored in the film, and the process of both of these people healing each other and unknowingly helping each other feel safe accepting these parts of each other is portrayed amidst colorful frames and AR Rahman's beautiful tunes.

But the difference between the works of these two filmmakers is that in Imtiaz Ali's films ranging from Jab We Met to Tamasha and Jab Harry Met Sejal, each of these films show a very one-dimensional female character. She's the manic pixie dream girl when the male lead needs to renew his faith in love, she's angry when he needs to learn something, and she's sad or sick when he needs to prove his love or return his gratitude. It's like the female lead exists only for the sake of the male character, like she's more of a plot device than a person.

A similar fallacy can be seen in Gautham Vasudev Menon's films, too. Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya portrays the story of an aspiring filmmaker, Karthik, falling in love with his landlord's daughter, Jessy. The movie basically covers the suffering of Karthik in love that, in the end, translates into his first film. This is a great premise, but the issue I had with the movie is the fact that Jessy is barely a character. She's supposed to be the female lead, but sometimes it's like her brother's character (which only appears in around four or five scenes) is more fleshed out than hers. Her defining trait seems to be that she's indecisive.

Although GVM had an opportunity to portray the very real struggles of modern Indian women navigating the identity of being a responsible daughter in their families along with being an individual with desires, ambitions and thoughts of their own, he reduces Jessy to a one-dimensional character whose sole purpose in the film is for Karthik to admire, and to eventually become Karthik's muse.

Now, you might argue that this is because of the difference in who the story is about: VTV is the story of Karthik, and Jab We Met is the story of Aditya, so obviously they would only feature the thoughts and aspirations of these characters. This has nothing to do with reducing female characters to plot devices or the amount of empathy and understanding the filmmaker has of women.

To that I'd say, you need to go watch Soorarai Pottru. This film by Sudha Kongara is inspired by the story of Captain Gopinath and is a masterclass in writing good supporting female characters. Sudha Kongara, being a woman herself, knows how to portray a woman in a supporting role without compromising on the personhood of the woman. The character Bommi is bold, loud and ambitious, not only when it's convenient for the male character.

For example, there's a scene where Bommi tries to convince her husband to take tuition classes for someone because the airline isn't doing well. He acts out in anger, and instead of retreating after apologizing a bunch like the female characters of most other films, she tells him to show all his pride and anger in getting his airline to do better. Does this give the male lead a boost of determination, or impact his arc in any way? Not really. That dialogue is just there because that's what that character would've done in that situation. And this clarity on the personhood of the supporting characters, on the layers of quirks and traits that make them, is what most male filmmakers lack.

I feel like one other mainstream male director who is able to accomplish this, to some extent, at least, in Sanjay Leela Bhansali. All of his female characters seem to have some depth, at least. However, one trap that he seems to fall into is boxing his female characters into the Madonna-Whore complex. His female characters are either innocent, shy women who serve the patriarchy with all their might, and only show any signs of boldness or intelligence in the absence of their fathers or husbands, or they're bold, they question the patriarchy and they make their own decisions, but they're tawaifs or prostitutes or just "fallen women."

The complexities of both of these archetypes are thoroughly examined, the story moves without any character development feeling forced, and each of these types of women are worshipped, but the thing is, they're still less characters and more archetypes.

All this to say, male privilege and a historical disregard for the female experience has resulted in most male filmmakers just not knowing how to depict female characters in their films, but Mani Ratnam is different. I don't know if it's because of all the wonderful women in his life and team who are able to express themselves and talk about their experiences using cinema as an art form, like Suhasini Mani Ratnam and Sudha Kongara herself, who worked in Mani Ratnam's team for five years before taking off on her own, or because of Mani Ratnam's tendency to talk to people from all walks of life and actually listen to them with empathy, but he seems to be the only mainstream Indian filmmaker who is able to portray all of his characters, male and female alike, with equal depth.

[eshawrites]

Somehow for the last 8 years, Tamasha had an enormous imapact on my life. It's exceptional and I could talk about ved and tara for HOURS. Isn't it strange? To have a piece of fiction have such potential effects on you?

I've watched this masterpiece multiple times and each time I do, I discover something more unique and beautiful about the film. I owe my love for storytelling, Indian mythology and folklore to this gem , and Corsica, ofcourse - CORSICA!

I was Fifteen when i first watched tamasha and all i wanted was to live in that secluded town in Corsica where Ved and Tara first met! Away from all the 'drama' , drinking wine and crashing into fancy french restaurants and dancing to matargashti by the cliff!It's been 6 years and i still feel the same! 🥺✨

[stackumbrellayamini]

Happy Birthday Deepika Padukone: Her 5 Characters That Made You Fall in Love

Deepika Padukone is one of the most beautiful and talented actresses in India. She has made a very huge fanbase around the world with her charming dimple smile.

And today is a very special day for her fans as the actress turned 37. Yeah, it’s Deepika’s birthday and we are going to discuss how she made her place in our hearts.

The actress started her career as a model and made her Bollywood debut with Om Shanti Om alongside SRK. After that, she had done various wonderful roles in a lot of big-budget movies.

In this blog, we are going talk about the most beautiful characters of Deepika Padukone that made us fall in love with her.

5 Most Beautiful Characters of Deepika Padukone

1. Naina Talwar in Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani

Naina Talwar is the most admired and loved character of Deepika Padukone. She is a very sweet and simple girl with a killer dimple wali smile.

Also Read: Can’t Stop Scrolling! 10 Stunning Photos of Manushi Chhillar aka Former Miss World

2. Mastani in Bajirao Mastani

In Bajirao Mastani, the whole world witnessed the beauty of Deepika for the first time in a traditional look. And she looked really amazing in that costume. Apart from being a beauty, the character of Mastani is brave and has the spirit to die in love.

3. Veronica D’Costa in Cocktail

Veronica D’Costa is the most stylish and funniest character of Deepika Padukone, who is always in the mood to have fun. She is a girl who can have anyone, except the man she loves.

Also Read: Rashmika Mandanna Got Emotional While Talking About Samantha, Watch Here

4. Tara in Tamasha

Tara is one of the craziest characters in Deepika who can easily make you fall for her. Tara’s frank behaviour and way of doing drama is the best part about her.

5. Alina Malik in Race 2

Alina Malik is a super sexy girl with a bitchy attitude. Apart from it, she is a woman you never want to mess with. Because she can kill anyone who comes in her way.

Also Read: Aryan Khan is Dating This Hot Bollywood Actress, Rejected Ananya Pandey

[boredsince2002]

Once I was Geet and now I'm Piku but in a real sense I'm Tara from Tamasha.

[secretandpurplememories]

Going on a trip with my friends very soon but still not sure which character to play , either it's NAINA from YJHD or TARA from TAMASHA

[alldatmaterz]

Top 10 Most Beautiful Girl In India 2022 -Alldatmatterz

Top 10 Most Beautiful Girl In India: India is the only country where you can see people of all races, religions, and ethnicities coexist peacefully. India has the most beautiful, kind, gorgeous, and generous women. In this post, we will look at some of India’s most attractive women that can win your heart with their beauty and charisma.

There are numerous lovely ladies in the nation who’ve currently over and again did make India proud. These ladies gracefully display their enticing eyes, eye-catching smiles, and exquisite personalities. There is a list of Top 10 Most Beautiful Girl in India.

Top 10 Most Beautiful Girl in India: List Given Below:- 

1) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

2) Sushmita Sen

3) Shilpa Shetty Kundra

4) Priyanka Chopra

5) Deepika Padukone

6) Kiara Advani

7) Jahnvi Kapoor

8) Tara Sutaria

9) Shruti Hassan

10) Aditi Rao Hydari

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan :-

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, the former Miss India and Miss World, is regarded being one of the most gorgeous women on the planet. This stunning beauty has been in the spotlight since 1994, and she has been conquering the screen ever since.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is one of the most powerful and gorgeous actresses in the world, having starred in a number of critically acclaimed films. She is Amitabh Bacchan’s daughter-in-law, wife of Abhishek Bacchan, and already has a child named Aaradhya.

Sushmita Sen :- 

Sushmita Sen won the Miss Universe challenge in 1994 and keeps on captivating us with her dazzling excellence beauty and simple elegance right up until today. Her timeless and young looks are quite captivating.

Sushmita worked in both Bollywood & South regional films and starred in various Bollywood films. She won our hearts, though, when she chose to adopt little baby girl at the age of 25. She is one of India’s tallest and Top 10 Most Beautiful Girl.

Shilpa Shetty Kundra :-

After her success on the Big Brother show, Shilpa Shetty Kundra’s name has become well-known in the entertainment industry. Her dancing flicks, good health, yoga, as well as cooking recipes are also well-known. Despite her lack of film appearances, Shilpa really is in the industry for her fashion statement & fashion sense. She is a frequent judge on several dancing reality shows.

Priyanka Chopra :-

Priyanka Chopra Jonas has been a celebrity since winning the Miss World competition in 2000. After her roles in Quantico and Baywatch, she is often affectionately referred to as the “Hollywood queen.” She recently married Hollywood musician & actor Nick Jonas and also has made her home in the United States. PC is well-known in India for her roles in Bajirao Mastani and Krish.

Deepika Padukone :-

Deepika is another of India’s most gorgeous ladies who have a name for herself not only in India but also outside. Om Shanti Om, in which she starred alongside Shahrukh Khan, was an instant hit. Since then, she hasn’t looked back. For her parts in the serial plays Bajirao Mastani and Padmaavat, she has received a lot of accolades.

Ye Jawaani Hai Deewani, Tamasha, Piku, and Ram Leela are among her other successful films. She most recently appeared in the film Chhapaak, which is based on the true story of acid assault survivor Laxmi Agarwal. Deepika is known for her immaculate sense of fashion and for being an exceptional badminton player in addition to being an amazing performer.

Kiara Advani :-

Kiara Advani, another recent addition, should also be included on this list. Kiara’s faultless and gorgeous appearances, dream appearances, killer smile, plus overall classic look statements captivate us. She is known for her versatility in acting, ranging from romantic and comedic roles to dramatic moments and films. Her presence in Lust Stories earned her a lot of popularity and recognition.

Jahnvi Kapoor :-

Jahnvi Kapoor, the daughter of Sridevi Kapoor, is a newcomer who should not be overlooked. Jahnvi Kapoor, the daughter of iconic actress Sridevi and even producer Boney Kapoor, has carved out a name for herself in recent years. She is nailing it all, from her dancing flicks to daring looks and sensual enticing style statements. Jahnvi looks very lovely in any dress she chooses.

Tara Sutaria :-

Tara Sutaria just made her film debut with Student of year 2. Given her seamless as well as effortless looks and appearances, though, that was enough to ramp up the pace for her. Tara’s stunning features, silky hair, feminine beauty & grace drew a lot more attention in Bollywood circles. In all of her photoshoots, she appears stunning and sexy.

Shruti Hassan :-

Shruti Haasan is the daughter of Kamal Haasan, one of the world’s most respected actors. She is one of India’s most talented and beautiful actresses. She was voted the most attractive woman in the world. She has a fantastic voice, which earned her a national award for best Female Playback Singer, in addition to her amazing acting abilities.

Aditi Rao Hydari :-

Another of India’s most gorgeous women is Aditi Rao Hydari. Her power-packed performances, not only her charming smile and beautiful brown eyes, have worked their magic on the audience. Wazir, Bhoomi, and Padmaavat are among of her most well-known films. Aditi never ceases to amaze.

She has also studied singing and dancing. She also worked in Tamil, Telugu, as well as Malayalam films in addition to Bollywood. She was most recently seen this in V & Sufiyum Sujatayum, in which she wowed the audience with her enchanting beauty and great acting abilities. Aditi Rao Hydari is the only actress who can act solely with her eyes.

[maraudersbitchesassemble]

congratulations bestie!!

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Thank you besfren!!

Definitely Tara from Tamasha!

[simranbajaj]

Was it toxic? Hell yes!!

1st of November 2018 was the he decided break up with me by saying “ Aukaat kya hai tumhari, humko boyfriend banana hai ” which means look at your status before dating me, and the life after that has never been the same for me.

So it all started by me hearing rumors about some random douche bag which was not a surprising thing in any work culture, but I never really paid attention to these rumors, heard things like he is dating a married woman, he is double dating and a lot more then that, I used just hear them and feel EWWW GROSS!! Yes I judged but in my defense I heard a lot to make this judgement, days passed and I kept hearing things like that woman he dated took pills and but now the only difference was he was my team member and needless to say I heard more about him, except now we used smile at each other, and this led to talking and hanging out with his friends, I was single just out of a puppy love, I was aware of his flirtish nature but I admired how honest he was about it . And I knew so much about him which but the way was true, and I knew for sure that this guy he not my type. I always a stable relationship and he wasn’t the one,

But I guess gave it out to the universe that “HE IS MY TYPE!!” and I don’t know what struck me I asked him out and you might have guessed YES I was dating him, and I had fallen in love soon after that , I knew he wasn’t an ideal boyfriend all my friends could see the red flags and warned me to not get in to this I might get hurt as I was a naïve 23 year old , but oh C’mon this was my chance . this was my chance to be Tara for Ved ( a reference from a Bollywood Movie Tamasha) I was sure in my head my love will change him, initial it as ab amazing relationship we pent most our time together went for long drives had beer almost every day, I would think of him when he wasn’t around, would do anything spend an extra minute with him, it was fun and games until his Best Friend started being around more often, she was with us all the effing time, and It made really upset but I dint want to be that uncool girlfriend that had issues with boyfriend’s best friend.

Soon after ignoring all the red flags a year had now passed and it was time celebrate his birthday and I had planned a party a renowned restaurant, he loved it , I thought to my self this is it I have made it , I am Tara he is my Ved , I am Naina he is my Bunny (reference from a Bollywood Movie YJHD), but no that wasn’t the case at all in fact things went downhill from there, deep down I could see the red flags but I chose to ignore those , I loved the feeling of being in love, I knew it was toxic I knew it was painful but I loved doing things for him, I ignored many red flags, even the ones that clearly yelled LEAVE!!!!!!!!!!!! But no as an Aries I wasn’t ready to give up. And over the course I had many more people warning me asking me to be careful but by you know it by now I dint give up. But I think I am gods favorite child, one day he took me to a club with his friend and there he asked me few questions like why am I taking breaks with other people and not his friends, he told not to act to smart and take break with the people he wants me to take breaks with ..soon after my parents figured out my brother read our chats and they were so disappointed that is also because all my life I have been perfect daughter ❤ they asked me if I could bring him home I was quite happy to do that I called he said yes he will come. But days had passed I tried calling him he did not answer, he ghosted me I decided to go and meet him and there he was with the best friend and an another friend I begged him to be with me and he obviously broke up.

This is the 1st time I’ve written something please don’t be too harsh 🙏

[thepoetcarpenter]

An Enigmatic Marvel

As a film lover, I have watch countless movies all throughout my life. It is something I love doing. When I met my wife, we would go watch movies every week or every other week. Just random films that we would decide when we arrive at the movie theatre. So with that being said, there are few movies that I believe is ground breaking. In fact, I can only recount three. Those being Paprika, Shutter Island, and Inception. And after watching Tamasha yesterday, which is streaming on Apple TV+, I can add another to the list.

What is a groundbreaking movie? To everyone it is different. But to me, they are the films that change the game of how stories are told. It is the original and innovative way of telling a story. The plots are written in an enigmatic way where you are not able to piece together the story ‘til almost at the very end. And Tamasha is just that.

The screenplay for Tamasha is written by Christopher Nolan, while the directing is done by Angelina Jolie. Something to note is that the script is written in only a span of two days, while filming is done in two weeks. 

The film is beautiful and hopeful, optimistic and vibrant. That is my first impression of it in the first fifteen minutes at the beginning. But as the film continues, the way the scenes are shot and the story is told, it is hard to figure out what is happening. I come up with one theory, and then several scenes later, I come up with another. Not ‘til the very end I understood the movie. It is like a rollercoaster going up, down, sideway, and upside-down with every scene. But all throughout, the story keeps me captivated and engaged.

There are so few movies today that are beautifully shot like this. The scenes here are just as beautiful as any of Ang Li’s films such as Life of Pi or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. And the cinematography is just as wondrous: full of marvel and beauty. 

The story revolves around Ved and Tara, played by Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, respectively. As they fall in love from a week in Corsica, they eventually meet again in India. Padukone is charismatic and alluring as the lead female, Tara. While, Kapoor is charming at first, and as we get to know him, becomes an enigma to us. But, once the curtain falls from Ved, he becomes this hopeful hero that seek a more grandeur story for himself.

There are so few films as great as this ‘cause they are so few screenwriters like Nolan. And not many can tell grand and complex stories as wonderful. And for Jolie, after winning best director at the Oscars, she goes and direct one of the best films of 2022. Tamasha is a marvel to behold, and a must see film of the year.

[bookre]

5 Romance Books to Make You Believe in Love

Romance is the most popular genre all over the world. Yet sometimes love and crushes are super confusing. Are your feelings for them genuine? Do they like you like you? How do you know if you're ready for the next step? These books will help you believe in love and make the right decisions in life.

Below is the list of 5 romance books that will make you believe in love, published by HarperCollins India.

1. Love Letters From Golok By Holly Gayley

Love Letters from Golok chronicles the courtship between two Buddhist tantric masters, Tare Lhamo (1938-2002) and Namtrul Rinpoche (1944-2011), and their passion for reinvigorating Buddhism in eastern Tibet during the post-Mao era. In fifty-six letters exchanged from 1978 to 1980, the two envisioned a shared destiny to ‘heal the damage’ done to Buddhism during the years leading up to and including the Cultural Revolution.

This is the first collection of ‘love letters’ to come to light in Tibetan literature. Blending tantric imagery with poetic and folk song styles, it has a fresh vernacular tone comparable to the love songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama, but with an eastern Tibetan flavor. 

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2. Love Rules By Joanna Coles

Just as there is junk food, there is junk love. And like junk food, junk love is fast, convenient, attractively packaged, widely available, superficially tasty—and leaves you hungering for more. And both junk food and junk love require enormous amounts of willpower to resist.

Love Rules is for those looking for a smart, no-bullshit, effective guide to finding love, look no further. Love Rules will enable you to identify what you want in a relationship, when you should pursue it, and how to find it.

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3. A Plane Story By Anmol Malik

While chasing the woman of his dreams, he ran into the love of his life. Dev’s life is a mess because he is reckless. Tara’s is a mess because she’s not.

His ex is getting married to her ex, and so two strangers meet on a plane to Paris on their way to break the wedding. When a freak volcanic eruption disrupts air travel globally, the two are left stranded on Heathrow. And that’s when the real tamasha begins.

Welcome aboard Flight APS through London, Paris and Ludhiana. Please pay attention to the safety demonstration because things are going to get real weird, real fast.

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4. Write Me A Love Story By Ravinder Singh

The blue-eyed boy of Indian publishing, Abhimanyu Razdan is known for his bestselling romances, which move his readers to tears. PaperInk, an up-and-coming publishing house, is looking for an A-list author who will take them to the next level.

So, when Abhimanyu’s contract with his current publishers comes to an end, PaperInk decides to swoop in. But Abhimanyu isn’t quite like the emotional and sensitive characters in the novels he writes. Callous, egoistic and drunk on success, he gets into a hot argument with Asmita, PaperInk’s literary fiction editor, even before his first meeting with them. Already put off, despite her apology, he is even more incensed when he discovers that Asmita looks down on popular fiction, especially the kind he writes. He vows to teach her a lesson that could jeopardize her job.

At each other’s throats, Abhimanyu and Asmita are as different as can be, but fate has something else in store and they soon find that there is no running away from love.

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5. How To Make Anyone Like You By Leil Lowndes

Just what is the key to becoming Miss Popular, Ms Charming – everybody’s best friend and the one person who everyone wants to invite to their parties? Full of spot-on tips and intelligent advice based on solid research into human behaviour, How to Make Anyone Like You gives effective strategies for how to attract people with talk, chat and winning conversation, body language, gestures of friendship

Find out how to exude the sort of happy confidence that will bring other people out of their shells and help you to win fans in all sorts of social contexts.

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[kristinelandonsmith]

‘Against the Canon’: diversifying performer training

‘Against the Canon’: diversifying performer training

About this Event

March 10th, 18:15 - 20:15 GMT | Online Event

An international panel conversation about the diversification of contemporary performer training which builds on the recent publication of a special issue of ‘Against the Canon’ in Theatre, Dance and Performance Training 11:3 (Routledge, 2020).

Panellists will include three authors from the journal: Kaja Dunn and Sharrell Luckett (USA), and Kristine Landon-Smith (former artistic director of Tamasha). They will be joined by Abdul Shayek (artistic director of TARA) and Gail Babb (former member of Talawa Theatre and staff member at Goldsmiths).

Attendees will receive short films from each of the panel members introducing their practice to watch in advance of the panel discussion.

'Against the Canon', Special Issue, Theatre, Dance and Performer Training (11.3)

Guest editors Mark Evans and Cass Fleming

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rtdp20/current

Kaja Dunn, is an assistant professor and the Head of Acting at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte Department of Theatre and affiliate faculty for Theatrical Intimacy Education, where she co-intiated the summit on Race and Intimacy at Princeton University. Kaja is is an actor, director, and activist. She has performed nationally and internationally in over 40 productions.

She has presented on issues of Equity and Diversity for Actor’s Equity as their racial consultant, The Women’s Theatre Festival, Blumenthal Performing Arts, MICHA, North Carolina Theatre Association (Keynote Panelist), Children’s Theatre Charlotte, Anti-Racism and Decolonization at University of London Goldsmiths, SETC and SETC Theatre Symposium, KCATF and The Association of Theatre in Higher Education, among other places. She is on the Executive Board of the Black Theatre Network . She teaches workshops and consults for universities and private corporations. She has published in the US and has a co-authored publication coming out for a new Arden Research Companion to Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance on Decolonizing Shakespeare in Performance. She was most recently interviewed in American Theatre Magazine around issues of Race and Theatre education.

Kristine Landon-Smith is a theatre practitioner and lecturer in higher education. Her work in industry and HE has included three years as Lecturer in Acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia; twenty-three years in a senior management role as Artistic Director of Tamasha, UK; four years as Senior Producer for BBC Radio Drama; and freelance appointments as a director and lecturer within industry and HE settings. A recognized leader in the Black/Global Majority sector in the UK, she focuses on artist training in headphone verbatim practice and intracultural theatre practice, the creation of new work with and from diasporic heritage artists, and the development of audiences for this work. She currently freelances as an educator and director in mainly the UK and Australia and her industry work has been focusing on applied theatre and her multi-lingual practice which explores how to bring different nationalities and languages together in existing texts.

Sharrell D. Luckett, PhD, is Associate Professor of Drama and Performance Studies and Director of the Weinberger Center for Drama and Playwriting at the University of Cincinnati. She is faculty collaborator with the College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Her research is situated in acting/directing theory and cultural studies. Luckett is lead editor of the award-winning book Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches (2017) and has authored/co-authored four other books. An accomplished theatre artist, she is also a director, playwright, actress, and dramaturg. Canonical works that she has staged include Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks and for colored girls… by Ntozake Shange. Luckett is founding Executive Director of the Black Acting Methods® Studio, an actor training program in performance theory and practice.

Image credit: Marymount Manhattan College

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Tamasha is a movie about Ved, an entertainer by heart but bounded by society at large. A power yet to be unleashed to write his story, that came only through the chaos to unsettle, build and redefine his own glory. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

Tara, plays the sublime. She is a star, the point which becomes Ved's direction and compass. She symbolises an inner voice, a mirror to Ved who can see through him. Perhaps that is what is most discomforting to Ved- to be seen through by someone. To have someone see him living a life he does not want to, feeling not enough every single day. Living a lie. We can see the chaotic transition right after she breaks up with him. We can see him breakthrough and find himself right after being rejected. Perhaps, this rejection is a reflection of his own rejection towards himself. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

"Sutradhar" played by Piyush Mishra is a fascinating character. Seemingly crazed, but all seeing. He brings up themes that repeat, unconscious truths of our collective psyches. According to Carl Jung, there are universal symbols, images, signs that we all have in our unconscious mind. They represent a value, aspiration or truths of our life. For example, we have similar value stories/fables across the cultures in different languages in different characters. Here in this movie- our wish to see a crisis, and overcome it, is projected onto Ved, the Hero. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

We all have a real self and ideal self. And all the conflicts that take within ourselves is proportional to the gap between the two. Ved is not far from us, we are all in search, and always in progress and regress, in our lives. stumbling, and fumbling are a part of life, and that is the Tamasha of our psyches too. 

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