British Independent Film Awards: Winner, Best ScreenplayJerusalem Film Festival: Winner, Best Debut FeatureNational Board of Review: Winner, top Five International FilmsAsian Film Awards: Winner, Best New Director, Best ActressSeville International Film Festival: Best ScreenplayInternational Human Rights Film Festival: Winner Grand Prize, Fiction
This assured sense of direction coupled with controlled performances make Santosh a compelling drama. But it’s Suri’s screenplay that renders the film immersive. Lovia Gyarkye/Hollywood Reporter
Goswami is a perfect vehicle for Suri’s understated, seething indictment of the root-and-branch corruption of this small Northern Indian town. Richard Whittaker/Austin Chronicle
To watch “Santosh” is to feel the undeniable power of a discerning, resonant case study. Robert/Abele/Los Angeles Times
