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	\| name = Tamasha		\| name = Tamasha
	\| image = Tamasha film.jpg		\| image = Tamasha film.jpg
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	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| director = [[Phani Majumdar]]		\| director = [[Phani Majumdar]]
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	\| editing = Raghu Tipnis		\| editing = Raghu Tipnis
	\| distributor = [[Bombay Talkies]]		\| distributor = [[Bombay Talkies]]
	\| released = 1952		\| released = {{Film date\|1952}}
	\| runtime =		\| runtime =
	\| country = India		\| country = India
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	'''Tamasha''' is a 1952 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film directed by Phani Mazumdar, starring [[Meena Kumari]], [[Dev Anand]] and [[Ashok Kumar]]. One of the big hits of the year from Bombay Talkies produced by Ashok Kumar and Savak Vacha, "Tamasha" had a narrative far ahead of its times, its action spread over 16 eventful days. This movie is a copy of the Hollywood movie [[It Started with Eve]]<ref name="Kohli 2012">{{cite web \| last=Kohli \| first=Suresh \| title=Tamasha (1952) - NorthIndia \| website=The Hindu \| date=2012-03-23 \| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/tamasha-1952/article3156347.ece \| accessdate=2016-12-20}}</ref>		'''Tamasha''' is a 1952 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film directed by Phani Mazumdar, starring [[Meena Kumari]], [[Dev Anand]] and [[Ashok Kumar]]. One of the big hits of the year from Bombay Talkies produced by Ashok Kumar and Savak Vacha, "Tamasha" had a narrative far ahead of its times, its action spread over 16 eventful days. This movie is a copy of the Hollywood movie [[It Started with Eve]]<ref name="Kohli 2012">{{cite web \| last=Kohli \| first=Suresh \| title=Tamasha (1952) - NorthIndia \| website=The Hindu \| date=2012-03-23 \| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/tamasha-1952/article3156347.ece \| accessdate=2016-12-20}}</ref>

	A young [[Meena Kumari]] with a sparkle in her eyes and an impish smile was quite the opposite of the accomplished tragedienne she became immortalised as.{{sfn \| Kohli \| 2012}} This is the first film of [[Meena Kumari]] and [[Dev Anand]] and the 2nd film in which [[~~Dev Anand~~]] and [[~~Kishore Kumar~~]] acted together. First film of Dev Anand and Kishore Kumar was Ziddi along with Kamini Kaushal.{{sfn \| Kohli \| 2012}}		A young [[Meena Kumari]] with a sparkle in her eyes and an impish smile was quite the opposite of the accomplished tragedienne she became immortalised as.{{sfn \| Kohli \| 2012}} This is the first film of [[Meena Kumari]] and [[Dev Anand]] and the 2nd film in which [[Kishore Kumar]] and [[Dev Anand]] acted together. First film of Dev Anand and Kishore Kumar was [[Ziddi (1948 film)\|Ziddi]] along with Kamini Kaushal.{{sfn \| Kohli \| 2012}}

	==Storyline==		==Storyline==
	A young heir-apparent, Dilip ~~([[Dev Anand]])~~ is hopelessly in love with an aspiring film actress, Nayantara ~~(Kaushalya)~~, who together with her scheming mother ~~(Sunalini Devi)~~, a struggling director ~~(Randhir)~~, and an assistant ~~who~~ actually want him to finance her launching pad. The stumbling block is Dilip's ailing grandfather, Rai Saheb ~~([[Bipin Gupta]])~~ who is dead against the alliance and constantly warning him to break away from the actress that will otherwise only bring shame to the family. Although Dilip keeps assuring him that he has severed all ties, and is, in fact, dating a homely girl from a middle-class family, he is actually besotted with the actress who is simultaneously in an unholy alliance with big star Ashok Kumar ~~([[Ashok Kumar]])~~. Persuaded by Rai Sahib, Dilip hires the services of Kiran ~~([[Meena Kumari]])~~ as his new love interest. As Kiran gets more and more comfortable as the housekeeper, Dilip gets caught in the whirlpool of his own creation, drowned in his infatuation with Nayantara and admiration for Kiran. {{sfn \| Kohli \| 2012}}		A young heir-apparent, Dilip is hopelessly in love with an aspiring film actress, Nayantara, who together with her scheming mother, a struggling director, and an assistant actually want him to finance her launching pad. The stumbling block is Dilip's ailing grandfather, Rai Saheb who is dead against the alliance and constantly warning him to break away from the actress that will otherwise only bring shame to the family. Although Dilip keeps assuring him that he has severed all ties, and is, in fact, dating a homely girl from a middle-class family, he is actually besotted with the actress who is simultaneously in an unholy alliance with big star Ashok Kumar. Persuaded by Rai Sahib, Dilip hires the services of Kiran as his new love interest. As Kiran gets more and more comfortable as the housekeeper, Dilip gets caught in the whirlpool of his own creation, drowned in his infatuation with Nayantara and admiration for Kiran. {{sfn \| Kohli \| 2012}}

	==Cast==		==Cast==
	*[[Ashok Kumar]] ~~...~~ Ashok		*[[Ashok Kumar]] as Ashok Kumar
	*[[Dev Anand]] ~~...~~ Dilip		*[[Dev Anand]] as Dilip
	*[[Meena Kumari]] ~~...~~ Kiran		*[[Meena Kumari]] as Kiran
	*[[Kishore Kumar]] ~~...~~ Rajju		*[[Kishore Kumar]] as Rajju
	*[[Bipin Gupta]] ~~...~~ Rai ~~Saheb~~		*[[Bipin Gupta]] as Rai Sahib

	~~== Film ==~~
	~~[[File:Tamasha (1952).webm\|thumb\|center]]~~

	==Soundtrack==		==Soundtrack==
	{\| class="wikitable"		The first lines of the song Khali Pili Kaahe Ko sung by Kishore Kumar was again used for the song Yeh Duniya Suit Boot Ki Babu as a parody from film [[Aabshar]] (1953) sung by [[Kishore Kumar]], S. Balbir, and [[Shiv Dayal Batish\|S.D. Batish]].
	~~! Track # !~~! Song !! Singer~~(s) !! Lyrics !! Composer !! Length~~		{\|class="wikitable"
			! Song !! Singer
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 1~~		\| "Armanon Ki Nagari"
	\| "~~Aramaanon~~ Ki Nagari~~, Mere Chhote Se Dil Ko Tod Chale~~"
	\| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]		\| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
	~~\| Bharat Vyas~~
	~~\| [[Manna Dey]]\|\|4:45~~
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 2~~		\| "Kyun Ankhiyan Bhar Aayi"
	\| "~~Khaali Pili Kaahe Ko Akkhaa Din Baith Ke"~~
	~~\| [[Kishore Kumar]]\|\|Bharat Vyas\|\|Manna Dey\|\|3:43~~
	\|-
	~~\| 3~~
	~~\| "Kyu Ankhiya~~ Bhar Aayi ~~Kya Fir Koi Yaad Aaya~~"
	\| Lata Mangeshkar		\| Lata Mangeshkar
	~~\| Bharat Vyas\|\|Manna Dey\|\|3:35~~
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 4~~		\| "Thi Jinse Palbhar Ki Pehchan"
	\| "Thi Jinse Palbhar Ki Pehchan ~~Bane Ab Man Ke Vo Mehman~~"
	\| [[Asha Bhosle]]		\| [[Asha Bhosle]]
	~~\| Bharat Vyas\|\|Manna Dey\|\|~~
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 5~~		\| "Koi Jal Jal Mare"
	\| "~~Nahi Bolu Ghunghat Nahi Kholu~~"		\| Asha Bhosle
	\| ~~Rajkumari~~		\|-
	\| ~~Bharat Vyas~~\|\|~~Manna Dey~~\|~~\|2:57~~		\| "Nahin Boloon, Nahin Boloon"
			\| [[Rajkumari Dubey\|Rajkumari]]
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 6~~		\| "Raat Mohe Meetha Meetha"
	\| "Raat Mohe ~~Mitha Mitha Sapna Aaya Re~~"
	\| [[Geeta Dutt]]		\| [[Geeta Dutt]]
	~~\| Bharat Vyas\|\| Manna Dey\|\|3:26~~
	\|-
	~~\| 7~~
	~~\| "Koi Jal Jal Mare Koi Phansi Chadhe"~~
	~~\| Asha Bhosle~~
	~~\| Bharat Vyas\|\|Manna Dey\|\|2:59~~
	\|-		\|-
	~~\| 8~~		\| "Khali Pili Kaahe Ko"
	\| "~~Jab Miya Bibi Raazi To Kya Karega Kaazi~~"		\| [[Kishore Kumar]]
	\|
	~~\| Bharat Vyas\|\| Khemchand Prakash\|\|~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|}		\|}
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	[[Category:Hindi-language ~~films]]~~		[[Category:1952 Hindi-language films]]
	~~[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]~~
	~~[[Category:Indian~~ films]]
	[[Category:Films scored by Khemchand Prakash]]		[[Category:Films scored by Khemchand Prakash]]
			[[Category:Films scored by Manna Dey]]
	[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]		[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
	[[Category:1952 romantic comedy films]]		[[Category:1952 romantic comedy films]]
	[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]		[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
			[[Category:Hindi-language romantic comedy films]]
			[[Category:Bombay Talkies films]]

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{{Infobox film
| name = Tamasha
| image = Tamasha film.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Phani Majumdar]]
| producer = [[Ashok Kumar]] Savak Vacha
| studio = [[Bombay Talkies]]
| writer = Kishan Chandar
| screenplay = [[Phani Majumdar]]
| story = S. N. Banerjee
| narrator =
| starring = [[Meena Kumari]] [[Dev Anand]] [[Ashok Kumar]] [[Kishore Kumar]]
| music = [[Manna Dey]] S. K. Pal [[Khemchand Prakash]]
| cinematography = Roque M. Layton
| editing = Raghu Tipnis
| distributor = [[Bombay Talkies]]
| released = 1952
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''Tamasha''' is a 1952 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film directed by Phani Mazumdar, starring [[Meena Kumari]], [[Dev Anand]] and [[Ashok Kumar]]. One of the big hits of the year from Bombay Talkies produced by Ashok Kumar and Savak Vacha, "Tamasha" had a narrative far ahead of its times, its action spread over 16 eventful days. This movie is a copy of the Hollywood movie [[It Started with Eve]]<ref name="Kohli 2012">{{cite web | last=Kohli | first=Suresh | title=Tamasha (1952) - NorthIndia | website=The Hindu | date=2012-03-23 | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/tamasha-1952/article3156347.ece | accessdate=2016-12-20}}</ref>

A young [[Meena Kumari]] with a sparkle in her eyes and an impish smile was quite the opposite of the accomplished tragedienne she became immortalised as.{{sfn | Kohli | 2012}} This is the first film of [[Meena Kumari]] and [[Dev Anand]] and the 2nd film in which [[Dev Anand]] and [[Kishore Kumar]] acted together. First film of Dev Anand and Kishore Kumar was Ziddi along with Kamini Kaushal.{{sfn | Kohli | 2012}}

==Storyline==
A young heir-apparent, Dilip ([[Dev Anand]]) is hopelessly in love with an aspiring film actress, Nayantara (Kaushalya), who together with her scheming mother (Sunalini Devi), a struggling director (Randhir), and an assistant who actually want him to finance her launching pad. The stumbling block is Dilip's ailing grandfather, Rai Saheb ([[Bipin Gupta]]) who is dead against the alliance and constantly warning him to break away from the actress that will otherwise only bring shame to the family. Although Dilip keeps assuring him that he has severed all ties, and is, in fact, dating a homely girl from a middle-class family, he is actually besotted with the actress who is simultaneously in an unholy alliance with big star Ashok Kumar ([[Ashok Kumar]]). Persuaded by Rai Sahib, Dilip hires the services of Kiran ([[Meena Kumari]]) as his new love interest. As Kiran gets more and more comfortable as the housekeeper, Dilip gets caught in the whirlpool of his own creation, drowned in his infatuation with Nayantara and admiration for Kiran. {{sfn | Kohli | 2012}}

==Cast==
*[[Ashok Kumar]] ... Ashok
*[[Dev Anand]] ... Dilip
*[[Meena Kumari]] ... Kiran
*[[Kishore Kumar]] ... Rajju
*[[Bipin Gupta]] ... Rai Saheb

== Film ==
[[File:Tamasha (1952).webm|thumb|center]]

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
! Track # !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics !! Composer !! Length
|-
| 1
| "Aramaanon Ki Nagari, Mere Chhote Se Dil Ko Tod Chale"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| Bharat Vyas
| [[Manna Dey]]||4:45
|-
| 2
| "Khaali Pili Kaahe Ko Akkhaa Din Baith Ke"
| [[Kishore Kumar]]||Bharat Vyas||Manna Dey||3:43
|-
| 3
| "Kyu Ankhiya Bhar Aayi Kya Fir Koi Yaad Aaya"
| Lata Mangeshkar
| Bharat Vyas||Manna Dey||3:35
|-
| 4
| "Thi Jinse Palbhar Ki Pehchan Bane Ab Man Ke Vo Mehman"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
| Bharat Vyas||Manna Dey||
|-
| 5
| "Nahi Bolu Ghunghat Nahi Kholu"
| Rajkumari
| Bharat Vyas||Manna Dey||2:57
|-
| 6
| "Raat Mohe Mitha Mitha Sapna Aaya Re"
| [[Geeta Dutt]]
| Bharat Vyas|| Manna Dey||3:26
|-
| 7
| "Koi Jal Jal Mare Koi Phansi Chadhe"
| Asha Bhosle
| Bharat Vyas||Manna Dey||2:59
|-
| 8
| "Jab Miya Bibi Raazi To Kya Karega Kaazi"
|
| Bharat Vyas|| Khemchand Prakash||
|-
|}
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{IMDb title|0139635}}

[[Category:1952 films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Khemchand Prakash]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:1952 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

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