Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband鈥檚 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.
SANTOSH is the BAFTA-nominated and BIFA-winning narrative directorial debut of writer-director Sandhya Suri (I For India, The Field) who also wrote the original screenplay for the film which stars Shahana Goswami (Zwigato, A Suitable Boy). Suri鈥檚 feature documentary I For India premiered in the World Competition section of the Sundance Film Festival 2006, and her first narrative short鈥疶he Field鈥痺on the best international short film prize at Toronto Film Festival 2018 and鈥痺as BAFTA-nominated for best short film in 2019.
Director:
Sandhya Suri
Screenplay:
Sandhya Suri
Starring:
Shahana Goswami, Sunita Rajwar
Producers:
Mike Goodridge, James Bowsher, Balthazar de Ganay, Alan McAlex
Executive Producers:
Eva Yates, Ama Ampadu, Diarmid Scrimshaw, Lucia Haslauer, Martin Gerhard
Distributor:
Vertigo
Certificate:
15
Running time:
127 mins
Released:
21 March 2025