Ranbir Kapoor’s Tamasha, directed by Imtiaz Ali, was released in 2015. I was just a 10-year-old kid back then. Honestly saying, I watched Tamasha for the first time in 2023 — eight years after its release — and I feel truly lucky for that. Because my ten-year-old self would have never understood the depth, the emotions, and the morality of that film.
Ved — the man behind the mask — is so me. He wants to tell stories, to live dreams, to be free, to express himself through words. Just like I do.
But when someone asks me, “What are your career goals?” I usually say, “I’ll do something in journalism, and writing will be my side passion.” Because in this generation, in this society, people rarely accept that writing can be a profession, not just a hobby.
Isn’t that exactly like Ved’s two personalities?
One — the free storyteller, the dreamer he was when he was with Tara. That’s me when I am with my readers, my audience, my characters.
And the other — the robot running on commands, doing what the world expects him to do. That’s me in front of society, pretending that my real passion is just a pastime.
Tamasha teaches us something very pure —
It’s okay to be whoever you are.
It’s okay to do whatever you love.
But never let anyone force you into living someone else’s dream.
Maybe I am not as courageous as Ved yet.
But I am grateful that I can still write —
Because in my world of words, I am free.
I can create endings to the stories that once ended abruptly in real life.
I can heal through imagination, and live through my characters.
I deeply respect every writer — every soul who is silently fighting to be one.
May all of us find the courage to follow our true being,
and may we never be forced to live by the rules of society.
Because somewhere inside all of us,
there’s a Ved — waiting to tell a story,
in our own words, in our own world.