Dekh Tamasha Dekh

Dekh Tamasha Dekh

DVD Cover
Directed by Feroz Abbas Khan
Produced by Feroz Abbas Khan
Sunil Lulla
Written by Shafaat Khan
Starring Satish Kaushik
Tanvi Azmi
Vinay Jain
Cinematography Hemant Chaturvedi
Edited by A. Sreekar Prasad
Release dates
  • 18 April 2014
Running time
 110 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget

INR10 million (US$160,000)

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Dekh Tamasha Dekh is an Indian social and political satire film about a true incident, it revolves around the search for the religious identity of a poor man crushed under the weight of a politician's hoarding. The film explores an Impossible India where bizarre is normal. It has been released on 18 April 2014. [2]

Plot

Inspired by a true incident, the film starts off when an underprivileged man gets crushed under the weight of a politician's (Satish Kaushik). The film gets into the mood immediately after the death of this man. Be it the judge trying to get into the details of the man's death, be it the lawyers of the parties arguing the case, be it the sparking off of the communal riots. Since the deceased, who was a Hindu by birth, but had got converted to Islam, his death gives rise to a religious spark between two religious factions "the Hindus and Muslims" who want his body to be burnt and buried, respectively.[3]

Cast

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Reception

This Film got some average Reviews. Madhureeta Mukherjee from Times of India gave it 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "The film often rolls out like a play or a social commentary with staged events (often over-stretched) that result in an abrupt narrative. The stark portrayal of bare-faced reality (devoid of background music) with a cast of commoners - gives it a docu-drama flavour. 'DTD' is 'grave' alright, but offers hilarity in decent doses."[5] Subhash K. Jha of IANS gave it 4 out of 5, "By using the twin missiles of satire and irony, he brings into a play a kind of pinned-down provocativeness into the plot whereby the characters become real and representational simultaneously." and added,"To record the dirt on the wall and the blood on the floor with such clarity and honesty is not within the creative powers of every filmmaker."[6] Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express, who gave 3 out of 5 stars, explained, "Khan’s film gets into theatrical territory every once in a while, but there is no denying its terrifying power. He pulls no punches, and paints extremism from both sides equally black." and suggested, "This is an important film, and I do hope it gets seen widely, timely and topical as it is in the time of Muzzafarnagar, misguided mullahs and modified bhakts."[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3672618/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3672618/?ref_=ttpl_pl_tt
  3. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3672618/plotsummary?ref_=tt_stry_pl
  4. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3672618/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
  5. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-review/Dekh-Tamasha-Dekh/movie-review/33861205.cms
  6. ↑ http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/reviews/movie-review-dekh-tamasha-dekh-is-an-honest-take-on-hindu-muslim-relations/article1-1209906.aspx
  7. ↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/dekh-tamasha-dekh-review-a-satirical-take-on-religious-bigots/

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