‘I am proud of Tamasha’ Deepika Padukone

Imtiaz Ali’s Tamasha was Deepika Padukone’s first commercial failure in 3 years, but the actress has said that Tamasha is a film she is most proud of.

“Men have come up to me and said that they cried through Tamasha. A senior film critic recently told me that he cannot get several visuals of that film out of his head, especially my break-up scene with Ranbir. That is the kind of impact the film has had on many people” Deepika said, during a promotional event of her upcoming film ‘Bajirao Mastani’.

Deepika added that it’s not the box office collections of a film that makes her happy, but the appreciation from the audience that satisfies the actor in her.

“I find it amazing that many actors keep a track of other actors’ films. But I have never been a ‘numbers’ person on even my own films. Shouldn’t films be made for people to take home something that they can cherish? To me, as an actor, Tamasha is a film that I am most proud of”

Talking about the reason for the commercial failure of Tamasha, Deepika said it could be because the film was shot overseas.

“I think it boils down to the cost incurred. There’s a school of thought that a lot of money could have been saved if the film had been shot not in Corsica. Sure. But I won’t understand that comparison. It was the director’s vision and the producer’s call. An actor can only act in a film and make the character come alive” she said.

Released in theatres in November, Tamasha collected around Rs 68 crore at the domestic box office.