Santosh

Name: Santosh
Genre: Thriller
Released: December 27, 2024
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 75

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Metrograph Pictures | Release Date: December 27, 2024 | Not Rated

Summary: A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit 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.

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 120 min

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Screen Rant Grant Hermanns

Jan 11, 2025

Despite some of the movie's flaws, Santosh's cast truly shines, particularly Shahana Goswami in the titular role. Serving as an audience surrogate, Goswami nicely balances the feeling of curiosity and uncertainty as she becomes more embroiled in the case and her job. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Nov 20, 2024

Goswami’s understated performance drives this brilliant debut feature, a sometimes silent observer who can barely register shock at some of what she sees and experiences. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jan 10, 2025

To watch Santosh is to feel the undeniable power of a discerning, resonant case study. To fully know this character, however, is a goal just outside this otherwise intelligently wrought movie’s considerable reach. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Jan 30, 2025

It seems that its depiction of institutional misogyny, police incompetence, and the continued strength of the caste system didn’t sit well with the censors. If nothing else, that’s a sign that it’s served its purpose by hitting the powerful uncomfortably close to the bone. Read full review

IndieWire Proma Khosla

May 25, 2024

Suri’s film is full of non-actors who excel at being themselves in front of the camera, the result so eminently watchable because it feels so remarkably like the real India. Read full review

Siddhant Adlakha

May 25, 2024

While often more intellectually stimulating than emotionally engaging, Santosh lays bare the dark heart of communal divisions in modern India. Read full review

David Jenkins

Mar 20, 2025

It’s a slow, detailed procedural, one which carefully draws you into its dismal intrigue – and it’s engrossing for much of its runtime. Read full review

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