Ruchika Oberoi is a Film Director and Screenwriter. Her debut feature film ISLAND CITY premiered at Venice Days, 72nd Venice Film Festival (2015), winning the FEDEORA Critics Award for Best Debut Director. The film traveled to over 30 International Film Festivals, including Karlovy Vary, Tallinn Black Nights, Stockholm, Cairo, Warsaw and Beijing. She won the Best Screenplay award at the New York Indian Film Festival and the Best Director award at ImagineIndia Film Festival, Madrid. She was nominated for the Transilvania Trophy at Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania and for Best Film at Bratislava, Slovakia. She was also nominated for Best Debut Director at the Filmfare and Star Screen Awards in India. The film stars Vinay Pathak, Amruta Subhash and Tannishtha Chatterjee.

She wrote the story and screenplay of Zoya Akhtar’s segment of the Netflix hit, LUST STORIES, which was nominated for Best TV Movie/Mini Series at the 47th International Emmy Awards.

Ruchika has studied English Literature from Delhi University, Indian Aesthetics from Mumbai University and is a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, where she majored in Screenwriting and Film Direction.

Most recently, she has directed DAHAAD, a series for Amazon Prime which became the first Indian series to have its World Premiere at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale 2023). The series stars Sonakshi Sinha in the lead role, supported by Gulshan Devaiah, Vijay Verma and Sohum Shah. Ruchika and Reema Kagti have directed 4 episodes each of the 8 episode first season.