Deepika Padukone is going places with 'Tamasha'

It was a promotion of a different kind that Deepika Padukone chose for her film 'Tamasha' - she went with Ranbir Kapoor and Imtiaz Ali on a promotional train trip from Mumbai to Delhi and Deepika had a lot of fun as she found such journeys to be very “romantic”.
his has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 23 November 2015.

The 29-year-old took the Suvidha Express from Mumbai Central and, as she has said, the love for travel, food and trains, is a common factor that binds her, Ranbir, and the “Highway” filmmaker together. She was happy to have the media with her so that they could share this experience with three of them - the basic idea was to have fun.
Ranbir, who gives the credit for the idea to Deepika said he enjoyed this new and unique way of promoting the film.
As Ranbir Kapoor explained - Intiaz loves to break traditions and for their movie 'Rockstar' they had done the promotion by traveling in a bus. For 'Tamasha' they chose a train. Its all about marketing.

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There were rumors doing the rounds that Katrina Kaif is worried about the sizzling chemistry between Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone that is on show in their forthcoming film “Tamasha”. But, that is not true. Her spokesperson has revealed that Katrina has not requested film maker Anurag Basu to fire up her chemistry with rumored boyfriend Ranbir in their upcoming comedy-drama film “Jagga Jasoos” slated to release in June next year.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 21 October 2015.

Katrina;s spokesperson has clarified that the rumors about Ranbir and Deepika’s sizzling chemistry are someone’s imagination gone wild and, while it is good fodder for gossip, it is far from true. Such stories are fabricated to mislead the audience and fans. These are idle gossip which is childish and avoidable.
Deepika and Ranbir are returning on the silver screen together after a gap of two years with filmmaker Imtiaz Ali’s romantic drama film “Tamasha”, which is slated to release on November 27.
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Of course, Ranbir Kapoor, the ‘Rockstar’ actor is happy and proud of all the films that he has done so far.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 23 September 2015.

He has added that he is proud of working with everyone and it is immaterial whether it is on ‘Bombay Velvet’ or ‘Besharam’ or any other film. The failure of ‘Bombay Velvet’ was not due to less promotion. Comparing it to ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’, he has clarified that it had songs and that helped it to work.
The 32-year-old Ranbir Kapoor is currently going through a lean phase but has given memorable performances in films like ‘Rockstar’, ‘Barfi’, ‘Rajneeti’ etcetera and was billed as the next superstar of Bollywood.
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This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 10 September 2015.

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