Dekh Tamasha Dekh Dvd

Dekh Tamasha Dekh (transl. Do watch the spectacle) is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language social and political satire film about a true incident. It revolves around the search for the religious identity of a poor man crushed under the weight of a politician’s hoarding. The film explores an Impossible India where bizarre is normal. It has been released on 18 April 2014.

Plot

Inspired by a true incident, the film starts off when an underprivileged man gets crushed under the weight of a politician’s (Satish Kaushik) poster. The film gets into the mood immediately after the man dies. The story gets into a climax as the judge tries to get into the details of the man’s death, lawyers of parties argue the case and as it sparks communal riots. The deceased, who was a Hindu by birth, got converted to Islam. His death gives rise to a religious spark between the two religious factions who want his body to be burnt and buried, respectively.

Cast

Satish Kaushik as Muthaseth
Tanvi Azmi as Fatima
Vinay Jain as Vishwasrao
Sharad Ponkshe as Bawderkar
Ganesh Yadav as Inspector Sawant
Santosh Juvekar as Badshah
Apoorva Arora as Shabbo
Alok Rajwade as Prashant
Satish Alekar as Professor Shastri
Jaywant Wadka as Sattar
Dhiresh Josh as Kulkarni
Spruha Joshi as Rafiq’s wife