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Movie Name: Santosh
Directed by: Sandhya Suri
Starring: Shahana Goswami, Sunita Rajwar, Sanjay Bishnoi, Kushal Dubey
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Release Date: 10 January, 2025
Rating: –
Production Companies: Good Chaos, Haut et Court, BBC Film, ZDF / Arte, Suitable Pictures, Razor Films Produktion, BFI
Budget: $2.5 million
Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a girl’s body is found, she’s pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
Santosh: Movie Overview
Santosh is a 2024 Hindi-language crime drama film written and directed by Sandhya Suri. It is an international co-production of the United Kingdom, India, Germany and France. Set in rural north India, it stars Shahana Goswami as a widow who inherits her late husband’s job of police constable. Principal photography occurred over 45 days in August–October 2023 in and around Lucknow, India.
Santosh had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2024. It received positive reviews from critics and was named one of the top 5 international films of 2024 by the National Board of Review. The film was selected as the UK’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. and set to be theatrically released on 10 January 2025 in India.
It is about a 28-year-old widow who takes her late husband’s job as a police officer and has to investigate the case of a young girl’s murder.
The film premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in May 2024. It has also been selected for the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024, where it will compete in the South Asia Competition section. and set to be theatrically released on 10 January 2025 in India.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 22 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 77 out of 100, based on seven critics, indicating “generally favorable” reviews.
