Actor Piyush Mishra said that director Imtiaz Ali shot the critically acclaimed lengthy scene of 'Tamasha', featuring him and Ranbir Kapoor, 16 times. Piyush said the shots weren't actually retakes and added, "Imtiaz said he will take whichever he likes." "We performed it exactly how he had written it...That's just Imtiaz Ali's strange process," he added.