5.5
“Nothing is more dangerous than following orders.”
Santosh (2024)
July 17, 20242h 8mFR
7.0
81 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Sandhya SuriWriters
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Streaming availability for India
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Status
Released
Original Language
Hindi
Budget
$2.5M
Revenue
$1.1M
Production Companies
Good ChaosSuitable PicturesRazor Film ProduktionHaut et CourtBBC FilmZDF/Arte
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CinemaSerf
6.0Recently widowed and facing the loss of her home, the eponymous woman (Shahana Goswami) is offered a chance to take over her late husband's job as a police officer. Having basically inherited his post without any training, her first task is to work with the no-nonsense "Insp. Sharma" (Sunita Rajwar) on an horrific case in which a young girl has been brutally raped and unceremoniously dumped in a fairly lawless area of Northern India. Disgusted by the crime and by the societal attitudes of many of those the investigations touches - who mostly couldn't care less - we alight on a candidate for th…
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