Island City is an Indian drama film written and directed by Ruchika Oberoi. It was screened in the Venice Days section at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, where Oberoi won the FEDORA prize for the Best Young Director.
Review :
- Directed by : Ruchika Oberoi
- Produced by : Nfdc India
- Written by : Ruchika Oberoi
- Starring : Ashwin Mushran
- Music by : Sagar Desai
- Cinematography : Sylvester Fonseca
Plot :
The plot involves three different stories woven under the common theme of Mumbai.
Review :
Island City (2016) Movie Review By NDTV
The acting, too, is of the highest calibre. Vinay Pathak is pitch-perfect as the corporate employee caught in a soul-destroying cul de sac. It takes Amruta Subhash minimum effort to convey the entrapped hausfrau’s deep desire to break free from drab domesticity. Tannishtha, playing a woman seduced by the promise of a new life, calibrates the character’s emotional arc to a nicety. Laced with sly wit and captivating storytelling feints, Island City touches heights that Hindi films do only once in a blue moon. It is absolutely unmissable.
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Rating : 4/5
Island City (2016) Movie Review By Indian Express
Island City works best through these fleeting, arresting visuals, their impact diluting when the director turns her attention towards building the narrative arcs. The core idea is expanded upon in all three segments, but the results are uneven: some parts work (especially in the second segment), the others not so much.
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Rating : 2.5/5
Island City (2016) Movie Review By Hindustan Times
The most effective story is the last one featuring Tanishtha. When it comes to acting, it’s a battle among equals with Amruta Subhash a shade better than the others. Island City is well paced, nuanced and to the point. Watch it for the sake of good cinema.
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Rating : 3.5/5
Island City (2016) Movie Review By Mumbai Mirror
Vinay Pathak ditches the loud and laboured desi Forest Gump that he usually plays to essay a cog in the wheel who turns into a monster. Amruta Subhash, the most talented from this cast, layers her Sarita with a lingering vulnerability and a glimmer of guilt in seeking out what she truly desires. Tannishtha internalises her character’s loneliness sensitively. Writer-director Ruchika Oberoi’s Fedora prize at last year’s Venice Film Festival for Island City is well-deserved.
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Rating : 3.5/5
Island City (2016) Movie Review By Times of India
While the execution is effective, the length of the stories may test your patience somewhere. We wish they were crisper. Overall, this one deserves to be watched for its riveting take on love, longing and loneliness.
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Rating : 3.5/5
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Island City (2016) Movie Review
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