Santosh is a 2024 Hindi -language police procedural crime drama film written and directed by Sandhya Suri. It is an international co-production of the United Kingdom, India, Germany, and France.
Santosh is usually a male name in our society, but it is sometimes used for females too. This film features a leading lady named Santosh (Shahana Goswami), who takes on her late husband's role as a police constable after he is murdered by an unknown group while on duty.
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Santosh begins an investigation into a low-caste girl’s brutal murder that plunges her into a gritty world of crime and corruption, forcing her to confront the brokenness of the system around her and her own place within it.
India’s misogyny runs so deep that, in “Santosh,” a woman is forced to choose between houselessness and being a cop. She chooses the latter. That decision comes with some benefits: housing, pay, and freedom of movement. It also comes with one glaring drawback: the sexism of her male coworkers.
Quickly taken under the wing of Sharma, a charismatic and commanding older female inspector, Santosh begins an investigation into a low-caste girl’s brutal murder that plunges her into a gritty...
Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, UK’s 2025 Oscars entry, is a moving socio-political drama with Shahana Goswami anchoring a stellar, clear-eyed performance.
A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India.