ISHANOU

 

-Reviews-

 

“...masterpiece, aptly described as a ‘Poem on Celluloid’ was Aribam Syam Sharma’s Ishanou”

• John Warrington, BBC’s film critic

 

“…Sharma’s extraordinary film”

• Tony Rayns, Film Critic

 

“Perhaps the best film... largely because it tells a good story with great honesty and lack of guile, came from the state of Manipur”

                                                                                    

• Derek Malcom, The Guardian, January 24, 1991

                                                                                          

“One of the best Indian films... ‘The Chosen One’…”

• David Stratton, Variety, March 11, 1991

 

“The acting is subtle and convincing, the background of village life firmly delineated, and it is evident that Sharma’s way with light and shadow is still strong.”

• David Overby, , Festival Review, Festival of Festivals, Toronto  (Renamed as the Toronto  International Film Festival from 1994 onwards)

 

“An exquisite film”

• Amita Malik, The Statesman, Delhi, June 16, 1991

 

 “Masterpiece from Manipur” - Samik Bandhopadyay, Business Standard, 30 December, 1990

 

“Ishanou is striking on account of its cinematic expression”

• The Economic Times, Calcutta, January 20, 1991

 

“Ishanou is intimate in scale, a restrained, and a well researched film”

• The Times of India, Bombay, January 10, 1991

 

“The film easily turns out to be one of the ten greatest films made in the country”

• Deep focus, Vol III, No. 4, 1991