‘Santosh’s Sandhya Suri On The “Extraordinary Journey” Of Police Widows In India – Cannes Studio

Title: Santosh
Section: Un Certain Regard
Director: Sandhya Suri
Logline: A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh (Shahana Goswami) 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 (Sunita Rajwar).
Distributor: Haut et Court
Panelists: Sandhya Suri (Director), Shahana Goswami (Actress), Sunita Rajwar (Actress)
Key quotes: “I thought it was an extraordinary journey, especially talking to some women who had lived that — having spent time with them, and even a few women saying, ‘Well you know what, before my husband died, I’ve never actually left the house alone; I’ve been shopping in the bazaar with my sister-in-law or my husband would accompany me places, so actually the day I walked out of the house alone was the day my husband died and I went to the hospital and then I had nine months of training, in pants — and that was super weird, it took me the whole time of that to get used to the sort of exposure of wearing trousers — and now I’m here running this little police station.'” – Sandhya Suri
Sales Agent: MK2 Films

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