‘Santosh’ Ventures Along Well-Trod Ground, but Director Sandhya Suri Makes the Journey Well Worth It
Some have pegged Suri’s film as a ‘fiercely feminist empowerment saga,’ and they aren’t wrong. Yet the description sells short the range of complexities touched upon in this debut feature.

The debut feature written and directed by Sandhya Suri, “Santosh,” is a workaday venture that nags at the memory like a burr in one’s sock. If that doesn’t sound like a commendation, consider the deluge of entertainment to which we subject ourselves on a regular basis and how little of it makes a dent. Ms. Suri seems to be bringing us more of the same with this police procedural: Don’t we have enough of the damned things? Given the quality of Ms. Suri’s film, I would say not.
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