'Tamasha' a distinctive love story

A promising premise, unconventional treatment, luminous visuals and energetic performances by the lead pair of Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone make 'Tamasha' a distinctive love story. Yet, it isn't the sort of film that is likely to send audiences into paroxysm of delight. Superficiality and predictability are the undoing of Tamasha. Writer-director Imtiaz Ali knows his onions all right and the director of photography S Ravi Varman composes frames that are both bewitching and evocative.