Santosh (15)
Best of 2025: A complex character study that lays bare the oppression of casteism and misogyny in Northern India.
Tue 30 Dec
17:15
Tue 30 Dec
17:15
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Tue 30 Dec17:15 Past event
A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in a community in Northern India where casteism and misogyny are an inextricable part of life.
When a teenage girl is found murdered, Santosh is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic inspector Sharma.
Sandhya Suri’s deft thriller is a complex character study of a female cop whose moral conflict lays bare the oppression perpetuated in the name of caste.
Best of 2025 – Audience Selections. Chosen by Dan Simpson.
- Director
- Sandhya Suri
- Cast
- Shahana Goswami, Sunita Rajwar, Pratibha Awasthy
- Duration
- 128 min
- Opening
- Fri 21 Mar
- Year
- 2024
- Country
- India, Great Britain, Germany, France
- Language
- Hindi
- Subtitles
- English
Certificate: 15
A fiercely feminist empowerment saga