Showing posts with label Tannishtha Chatterjee. Show all posts
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12 September, 2015

NFDC’s ISLAND CITY directed by Ruchika Oberoi wins FEDEORA award for the Best Young Director

ISLAND CITY starring Vinay Pathak, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Amruta Subhash, Chandan Roy Sanyal premiered at the 72nd Venice Film Festival, Italy

  


Mumbai, September 12, 2015: Ruchika Oberoi, the debutant director of “Island City”produced by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) won FEDEORA award for the Best Young Director at the recently held 72nd Venice Film Festival.

The Hindi feature which is produced under the Ministry of I&B’s 12th Five Year Plan Scheme on film production made its world premiere on September 8th n the competition category of the Venice Days sidebar.

The jury that awarded the director praised the film in their citation - Island City stood out for its surrealistic vision of a quasi-modern world, which is also rooted in the realities of everyday life.

The film starring Vinay Pathak, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Amruta Subhash and Chandan Roy Sanyal in the lead roles, opened to a packed house in Italy who cheered and applauded the film with a standing ovation.

Vikramjit Roy, Head of Sales & Marketing at NFDC, says, “We are delighted at the acclaim won by Island City at the Venice Film Festival and celebrate Ruchika's recognition at such a prestigious festival. Island City's success can be attributed to NFDC's value chain that starts with training and development and transcends in our endeavor to promote the Cinemas of India across the world.”


About Island City

The film follows three comic-dramatic stories set in Mumbai. The first one is about a middle-aged man who wins the office ‘Fun Committee Award’, which entitles him to a whole day full of fun. He is most reluctant to leave the safety of his cubicle, but he has to. Prescribed fun modules have to be completed and non-compliance is not an option.

The second story begins with an autocratic man whose family brings home a television set when he is critically ill and away in a hospital. Now, every night the family plugs into a popular soap whose hero is a man ideal in every way.

While the third story centers on Aarti whose repetitive existence is slowly making her more and more mechanical and numb. Deep inside ferments a disconnect and unease that she is unable to articulate to anyone. Then one day there arrives a most intimate letter and everything changes.

About NFDC

Incorporated in the year 1975, the National Film Development Corporation Ltd. (a Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting) was formed by the Government of India with the primary objective of planning, promoting and organizing an integrated and efficient development of the Indian film industry in accordance with the national economic policy and objectives laid down by the Central Government from time to time. NFDC was reincorporated in the year 1980 by merging the Film Finance Corporation (FFC) and Indian Motion Picture Export Corporation (IMPEC) with NFDC. With more than 300 films in 18 regional languages, many of which have earned wide acclaim and won national and international awards, NFDC's architecture aims towards creating a domestic and global appreciation of the Cinemas of India.

18 August, 2015

Gour Hari Dastaan – The Freedom File (Movie Review)

Rating: ****



A biopic on Gour Hari Das, a freedom fighter who needed to establish his identity and his journey spanning three decades in his quest for a piece of paper – the Certificate of recognition for his efforts during the freedom struggle from the Government of India.

Not for seeking pension funds or other benefits, but recognition of his efforts as a teen-aged school boy who went to prison for several months for taking part in the freedom struggle during the British raj in India.

Gour Hari Dastaan is a story based on real life of an Odisha freedom fighter, Gour Hari Das who made his way through a long battle of silent war that lasted for 32 years, against his own government to prove his patriotic association towards the nation. He fought for a certificate recognizing his work as a freedom fighter which took three full decades to arrive.

07 April, 2014

Jal (Water) - Hindi Film Review

Outstanding cinematography depicting the vastness of parched Rann of Kutch 




Rating: ***

With backdrop of water scarcity in Rann of Kutch, Jal, tells a complex and intriguing story of love, relationships, enmity, deceit and circumstances that bring about the dark side of human character.

It is a high-octane, action- drama with a shocking climax. Shot on an epic scale, the film is a visual treat and has managed to capture ‘Rann Of Kutch’ like never before.

Set in the Rann of Kutch, in Gujarat in Western India, the story revolves round a water diviner named Bakka (Purab H. Kohli), who tries to solve the drought problems in his village. Bakka has the sixth sense to detect water in the parched desert. Yet he faces unforeseen circumstances when he tries to help a female ornithologist Kim (Saidah Jules) to save the flamingos.

Bakka is blessed with the ability of finding water in the parched desert. The film revolves around the drama surrounding the scarcity of water, its importance and how it affects the lives of locals.

Full review and MORE PICS of Jal at:
http://www.filmytown.com/movies/jal-water-hindi-film-review/