‘Santosh’ Review: A Dramatic Inquiry Into Images of Indian Policing
variety.comSiddhant Adlakha While often more intellectually stimulating than emotionally engaging, “Santosh” lays bare the dark heart of communal divisions in modern India.
Sandhya Suri‘s narrative debut follows a driven young Hindu widow who inherits her husband’s job as police constable thanks to a government scheme.
While the movie speaks the language of a fiercely feminist empowerment saga, it also zeroes in on what power actually means in a highly stratified society when a murky crime leads to the incendiary unfurling of dimensions of religion and caste. “Santosh” is tethered to the perspective of its titular character.
Actor Shahana Goswami embodies Santosh’s grief with striking resilience as she navigates a labyrinth of institutionalized misogyny and post-mortem red tape, but the movie is quick to put her in the khaki uniform of the Indian police.
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