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Santosh
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Why watch?
“The film is so absorbing that I think I may have forgotten to breathe throughout and shared many of Santosh’s wide-eyed expressions while watching and beyond. It is rich in details and images that will stay with me – like the food put out for Santosh’s husband’s soul in the shradh ritual to bring him peace in the afterlife.”
Martha Boyd,
Digital Marketing Coordinator
Hyde Park Pick: Santosh
A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh (Shahana Goswami) 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 (Sunita Rajwar).
Details
“Elegantly scripted by Suri, Santosh combines gripping, gritty storytelling with a deft acknowledgment of some of the murkier aspects of modern India”
Wendy Ide, The Observer
“As well as working rivetingly as a procedural thriller and a psychological study, Santosh has a hard, documentary-like edge, exploring Indian social phenomena”
Jonathan Romney, Financial Times
“It’s a terrific feature debut from British-Indian documentary filmmaker Sandhya Suri – a propulsive neo-noir that holds up a mirror to contemporary India.”
Screen Daily
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