SANTOSH

By Sandhya SURI

MK2 FILMS - as SALES

Thriller - Completed 2024

In this crime story an ordinary woman moves from housewife to policewoman in one of the nation’s most corrupt forces. As she investigates, she begins to experiment with her newly found power within a web of misogyny, casteism and prejudice.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2024
Un Certain Regard
Toronto - TIFF 2024
Centrepiece
Busan IFF 2024
A Window on Asian Cinema
Thessaloniki IFF 2024
Open Horizons - Main
Red Sea IFF 2024
Festival Favorites
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Thriller
    • Countries
    • INDIA, FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY
    • Languages
    • HINDI
    • Duration
    • 0 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sandhya SURI
    • Synopsis
    • Newly widowed Santosh inherits 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.