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Santosh

Directed by Sandhya Suri

2024•120 min•
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Genre
Thriller
Topic
Justice
Mood
Gripping
Language
Hindi

Synopsis

Nothing is more dangerous than following orders.

A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low-caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.

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Selected Awards

Winner

British Independent Film Awards

Best Screenplay (2024)

Winner

Tokyo FILMeX

Special Jury Award, Student Jury Prize (2024)

Nominee

BAFTA

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer (2025)

Footnote

  1. First

    Selected as the United Kingdom's official Oscar submission

Main Cast

Shahana GoswamiShahana GoswamiConstable Santosh Saini
Sunita RajwarSunita RajwarInspector Sharma
Naval ShuklaNaval ShuklaInspector Thakur
Sanjay BishnoiSanjay BishnoiBeniwal
SBShashi BeniwalConstable Kohli
PKPrashant KumarInspector Mundi
PAPratibha AwasthiPriya
MAManjul AzadHead Constable Yadav

Director

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