Reviews & Ratings for
Truth or Tamanna? (2018)

Truth or Tamanna, a Viu Original, is a story of a documentary filmmaker, Dhruv and his search for his missing girlfriend Tamanna, a dancer. In his search for her, he goes undercover at an institution where she seemingly worked. However, as the drama unfolds one realises how there is a lot more to this story. The characters are as flawed as real humans are and story is intriguing. An intense thriller that keeps you wanting for more, the show makes for a decent watch.

Truth or Tamanna is an Indian thriller web series by Viu. It follows the story of a documentary filmmaker who is in search for his girlfriend who mysteriously disappears. The show is set on a good pace except that it feels stretched at some points. The unraveling of the story is a great experience. The acting feels underwhelming and could've been better. The plot of the story is interesting enough to kep you hooked till the final twist which was pretty good.

Tamanna traces a documentary filmmaker, Dhruv (Priyanshu Jora), and his desperate search for his missing dancer girlfriend, Tamanna (Vrushika Mehta). As the episodes go on, he comes to know that he actually knows nothing about her. He even goes undercover in the dance academy she works, coming across a web of deceit, one-upmanship (fellow dancer hates her for taking her place) and crime (drug peddling, in which Tamanna, being a junky, gets involved).
Kudos to Kushal Punjabi for playing the egoistic and self-serving, gay academy head, Kaizad Poonawala, to the T. He has a lot to hide, including a history with Tamanna.Dhruv is helped in this task by his friend Jackie (Mansi Rachh). She goes out on a limb for him, yet he seems to take undue advantage of her, i.e. ditching her in the police station at night, when he goes off with Tamanna’s brother, Randhir (Sachin Verma). Randhir saves him after he gets arrested for trying to break into the shrink’s office where Tamanna is seeking treatment.Randhir’s is another complex character. Although, on the face of it, he loves his kidnapped sister (all think she has eloped to London), he does have issues.
Although Vrushika Mehta is the lead and the whole story revolves around her, she is hardly seen. Agreed, she is held hostage and they have shown her trying to escape. We still expected more flashback scenes with her brother and the dance academy. The makers should also have taken more advantage of Vrushika’s dancing skills– the only time she was seen shaking a leg on screen was in the flash mob dance sequence, in the very first episode.
Also, playing out a web-series with the backdrop of a musical and dance ambience is certainly fresh, and kudos for that.

Truth or Tamanna is a captivating web series about an ambitious dancer girl gone missing and her boyfriend going out on a limb to look for her. Throughout this, he realizes he knows nothing about her. The whole venture brings forth a lot of secrets and there are a lot of axes to grind. No character is the principal figure in the show. All have their own skeletons in the closet. And the climax took my breath away. The unexpected twist added to the charm of the whole series. The pace of the show is also as good as required. It definitely stands out of the rest web series.