Piyush Mishra and Ranbir Kapoor had teamed up for the 2015 release Tamasha. In a new interview, Mishra recalled his experience of working with Kapoor.
Piyush Mishra, an actor-singer-writer, and Bollywood superstar Ranbir Kapoor collaborated on director Imtiaz Ali’s 2015 film Tamasha, and it’s obvious that Mishra cherishes his memories of the two of them. He remembers how enjoyable it was to work with him in a recent interview.
In a recent appearance on Mashable’s The Bombay Journey series, Mishra claimed that he had decided to work on Tamasha because Imtiaz Ali had impressed him with the description of a pivotal sequence. He quoted Ali and remarked in Hindi as he recalled how the filmmaker had pitched it to him, “‘Aap phatte ho Ranbir Kapoor pe,’ wo jo hai mujhe pasand aa gaya tha (He said I erupt on Ranbir Kapoor in that scene, and I really liked that).”
Then, after recalling how much fun their conversations had been, he revealed something about Ranbir, “Ranbir aisa ladka hai, bohot badhiya actor hai pehli baat toh, bohot badhiya jaadugar insaan hai. Talkative hai, usse baat cheet karne me bada mazza aata hai. Kai baar besharmi ki baatein karta hai, adhiktar besharmi ki baatein karta hai. Nangi baatein karta hai, bada mujhe intrigue karta hai… Imtiaz purana sathi tha, Tamasha was a three-day shoot and I was done in a day (Ranbir is a magician, he is a really wonderful actor, and it is always so much fun to talk to him. He talks with a lot of impudence. He intrigues me a fair bit).”
Mishra portrayed a village storyteller in Tamasha whose tales served as the inspiration for Ranbir’s Ved. Despite being a financial success, the movie received criticism from both critics and viewers who did not agree with how Deepika Padukone’s character was portrayed. The main complaint was that Padukone didn’t have a distinct identity and that her only purpose in Ranbir’s story was to act as a trigger.
In addition to Piyush Mishra, Deepika Padukone, and Ranbir Kapoor, the movie featured key roles for Ishwak Singh, Vivek Mushran, and Javed Sheikh.
