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Sunita Rajwar at an event for Santosh (2024)

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Panchayat S4 Ott Verdict (Week 2): Already Garners 59% Viewership Of S3’s Lifetime Views – Much Better Than Sachiv Ji’s Cat Score!
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Panchayat S4 Ott Verdict (Week 2): Sachiv Ji Performing Better Than His Cat Score! ( Photo Credit – Prime Video )

Tvf’s web series Panchayat S4 has been garnering a good number of views ever since it started streaming on Prime Video. Led by Jitendra Kumar as Sachiv Ji, Raghubir Yadav, Neena Gupta, Ashok Pathak, Faisal Malik, Chandan Roy, Durgesh Kumar, Sunita Rajwar, and others, the show was an instant hit ever since it arrived in 2020 with its first season!

Season 3 Vs Season 4 Viewership

Season 3 of Jitendra Kumar’s show garnered a viewership of 28.2 million views in total and was the second most-watched show of 2024 after Mirzapur 3‘s 30.8 million views. Season 4 has already garnered 59% of the total views registered by season 3 in its lifetime last year!

Panchayat S4 Ott Verdict Week 2

Panchayat season 4, in its second week, surprisingly witnessed a drop, garnering a viewership of 7.8 million, taking the top spot in...
See full article at KoiMoi
  • 7/8/2025
  • by Trisha Gaur
  • KoiMoi
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Prime Video’s Panchayat Season 4 Hits Record-Breaking Success; Season 5 Officially Confirmed for 2026
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Following the phenomenal success of its previous seasons, the much-loved series Panchayat returned with Season 4 on June 24 and has already solidified its standing as both a local and global sensation. The latest season recorded the strongest opening, surpassing all previous seasons in viewership, showcasing its wide appeal and gripping narrative. On launch day, Panchayat Season 4 trended among the Top 10 titles in over 42 countries including the USA, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, and UAE among others, and was streamed in more than 180 countries during its launch week, highlighting its growing footprint. In India, it has been trending at #1 in India and was streamed across 95% of the country’s pin codes in the first week, reaffirming its deep-rooted popularity. Riding on the overwhelming response to Season 4, Prime Video has confirmed that Season 5 is already in development and will premiere in 2026. Since its debut on Prime Video in 2018, Panchayat has consistently captured hearts and earned critical acclaim.
See full article at Bollyspice
  • 7/7/2025
  • by Stacey Yount
  • Bollyspice
Panchayat Season 5 Confirmed: Jitendra Kumar & Team To Return To Phulera In 2026!
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Is Panchayat Season 5 Happening? ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Following the record-breaking success of Season 4, Prime Video’s beloved series Panchayat is officially confirmed to return with Season 5 in 2026. Panchayat Season 4 premiered on June 24, 2025, quickly establishing its stronghold as a local and global sensation. After receiving overwhelming love from viewers, Prime Video and Tvf began developing Season 5, and are preparing to launch the new chapter next year.

A Look At Panchayat Season 5 Announcement

Prime Video took to social media to officially announce Panchayat Season 5. “Hi 5! Phulera wapas aane ki taiyyaari shuru kar lijiye #PanchayatOnPrime, New Season, Coming Soon,” the platform wrote alongside a poster. Manish Menghani, Director & Head – Content Licensing, Prime Video India, also confirmed the fifth season and said, “We look forward to continuing the journey of Phulera and its beloved characters.”

Vijay Koshy, President, The Viral Fever, said, “This series holds a special place in our hearts, as it beautifully captures the charm,...
See full article at KoiMoi
  • 7/7/2025
  • by Koimoi.com Team
  • KoiMoi
Panchayat S4 Ott Verdict: Jitendra Kumar’s Web Series Registers 26% Lower Than Its Threequel [Despite 2nd Best Opening Of 2025]
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Panchayat S4 Ott Verdict: 2nd Best Opening Of 2025! (Photo Credit – YouTube)

Jitendra Kumar-led Panchayat season 4 received a mixed response from the audience. There were debates and discussions about how the show could not match the brilliance of its previous seasons, and now, the opening week numbers on Prime Video are a testimony to the fact that this was a lukewarm season.

Panchayat’s Last Season’s Debut Week Viewership

The third season of the Tvf show that streams on Prime Video opened with a brilliant viewership of 12 million views. This was one of the best opening week numbers of the last year. In fact, season 3 was one of the most-viewed web series of last year!

Panchayat Season 4 Ott Verdict

Panchayat season 4, in its debut week, garnered a viewership of 8.8 million, taking the top spot in the list of the most-watched streaming originals in India for the week of June 23 – 29, as per Ormax data.
See full article at KoiMoi
  • 7/1/2025
  • by Trisha Gaur
  • KoiMoi
Panchayat Season 4 Cast Salary: Jitendra Kumar Aka Sachiv Ji Earns 40% More Than Neena Gupta Per Episode?
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Panchayat Season 4 Cast Salary ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Amazon Prime Video’s Panchayat Season 4 has been one of the most anticipated Ott releases this year. Despite mixed reactions to its politically heavy narrative this time around, the show’s loyal fanbase continues to shower love on the characters of Phulera. While the drama around elections and personal relationships kept fans hooked, many are now equally curious about what the cast pocketed for their performances. Here’s the breakdown!

Phulerawasiyon ke liye humare dil mein bohotttt jagah hai...
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  • 6/27/2025
  • by Rohan Verma
  • KoiMoi
Panchayat Season 4 Review Ft. Jitendra Kumar: Wake Me Up When Sachiv Ji Lands An Mba Admission & Phulera Finds A Way To Progress!
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Panchayat Season 4 Review Ft. Jitendra Kumar: Can Someone Help Sachiv Ji Land An Mba Admission? (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Panchayat Season 4 Review: Star Rating:

Cast: Jitendra Kumar, Neena Gupta, Raghubir Yadav, Faisal Malik, Chandan Roy, Sanvikaa, Durgesh Kumar, Sunita Rajwar, Ashok Pathak, Pankaj Jha

Creator: Tvf

Director: Akshat Vijaywargiya, Deepak Kumar Mishra

Streaming On: Prime Video

Language: Hindi with Subtitles

Runtime: 8 episodes of 40 minutes each!

“Election mein milte hain aur sab ko naapenge,” when Phulera’s Kranti Devi, played by a brilliant Sunita Rajwar, tells this to Manju Devi, played by the gorgeous Neena Gupta, I placed a bowl of popcorn on my table and geared up to witness the hilarious cat-fight of the recent times. That’s how Panchayat Season 4 started.

Last season made it clear that this season would be all about the politics in Phulera village, with Pradhan Ji’s dominance getting challenged by Bhushan and the gang!
See full article at KoiMoi
  • 6/23/2025
  • by Trisha Gaur
  • KoiMoi
‘Pinch’ Review: An Amusing Takedown of India’s Patriarchal Structures
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Set in smalltown western India, Uttera Singh’s directorial debut “Pinch” (in which the writer-director also stars) unfolds with propulsive rhythms and a bleakly humorous tone. Its subject matter — a young woman dealing with being sexually assaulted by an older neighbor and family friend — ought not to make for raucous subject matter. However, Singh commands both sides of the camera with confidence, even if her storytelling veers toward tying too neat a bow on discomforting material.

“Pinch” opens in medias res with a politically charged occurrence: a crowd at a Hindu festival turns on a man and attacks him for reasons yet unknown, resulting in an act of mob vigilantism — an all-too-common event in modern India. But the movie’s focus isn’t so much the zeitgeist that yields these public beatings, but rather, the strange and amusing way that a young woman present in the crowd, Maitri (Singh), uses...
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  • 6/17/2025
  • by Siddhant Adlakha
  • Variety Film + TV
The Panchayat Season 4 trailer has dropped!
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The absolutely hilarious trailer of Panchayat Season 4, marking not only the return of one of India’s most beloved comedy-drama series but also announcing its earlier release—now premiering on June 24 on Prime Video is out. Produced by The Viral Fever, Panchayat Season 4 is created by Deepak Kumar Mishra and Chandan Kumar, written by Chandan Kumar, and directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra and Akshat Vijaywargiya. Set in the fictional village of Phulera, the new season promises to bring fresh challenges, familiar faces, and plenty of comic twists capturing the rhythms of small-town life with humor, warmth, and nuance. The series returns with fan-favorite characters portrayed by a stellar ensemble cast including Jitendra Kumar, Neena Gupta, Raghubir Yadav, Faisal Malik, Chandan Roy, Sanvikaa, Durgesh Kumar, Sunita Rajwar, and Pankaj Jha.

The trailer for Panchayat’s latest season offers a hilarious sneak peek into the turf war brewing between two spirited frontrunners—Manju Devi and Kranti Devi.
See full article at Bollyspice
  • 6/11/2025
  • by Stacey Yount
  • Bollyspice
Panchayat Season 4 Trailer Review: It’s Manju Devi Vs Kranti Devi This Time & We Are So Seated For This Epic Showdown!
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Panchayat Season 4 Trailer Review (Photo Credit – YouTube)

The wait is almost over! Panchayat fans, where are you at? The beloved Tvf show is back with its fourth season. The series is directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra and Akshat Vijaywargiya and penned by Chandan Kumar. Here is our review for the trailer of Panchayat Season 4.

Panchayat Season 4 Trailer Review

The trailer paves the way for an epic showdown between Manju Devi (Neena Gupta) and Kranti Devi (Sunita Rajwar) being the central focus of the storyline. The two powerhouse ladies are standing up for the elections and engulfing the entire village in a web of politics, chaos and power play. Who will emerge victorious in this battle? And will this result to any more twist and turns in the village of Phulera?

What stands out in the trailer of Panchayat Season 4 like always is the unabashed rawness and realism of the characters.
See full article at KoiMoi
  • 6/11/2025
  • by Shreshtha Chaudhury
  • KoiMoi
Mirzapur Season 4 To Release In July 2025? Shweta Tripathi Drops A Major Hint
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Mirzapur Season 4 Release Date(Photo Credit –Instagram)

Mirzapur has been one of the biggest success stories in the Indian Ott space. The show captured hearts through its two seasons; Season 3, with its relatively slower pacing, received a mixed reception. The fandom continues to grow strong, and the buildup for Season 4 is on again. Now, actress Shweta Tripathi, who plays Golu, has sparked fresh buzz with her recent comments, possibly hinting at a July 2025 release.

Shweta Tripathi’s Hint Fuels Release Rumours

Speaking to Ndtv, Shweta Tripathi shared that work is actively underway for Mirzapur Season 4 and even Mirzapur: The Film. “There is a film and there is a season four [of Mirzapur]. Fingers crossed, last season [of Mirzapur] was released around my birthday in July. I hope this birthday too we will share some good news with all of you,” she said.

Considering these hints, the masses believe that July may be the new season’s month,...
See full article at KoiMoi
  • 6/10/2025
  • by Rohan Verma
  • KoiMoi
From Humble Beginnings to Hoardings: How Bhushan and Binod Became Panchayat’s Breakout StarsPanchayatFrom Humble Beginnings to Hoardings: How Bhushan and Binod Became Panchayat’s Breakout Stars
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One of the most striking achievements of Prime Video’s Panchayat lies in its ability to turn even the secondary roles into cultural icons — a rare feat in Indian storytelling. Once seen as supporting characters, Banrakas (Bhushan), brought to life by Durgesh Kumar, and Binod, played by Ashok Pathak, have now become cultural icons, gracing city hoardings, lighting up meme pages, and inspiring everyday banter from metros to mohallas. This surge in popularity speaks volumes about Chandan Kumar’s authentic writing and Deepak Kumar Mishra’s grounded direction. Created by The Viral Fever and streaming on Prime Video, Panchayat has consistently struck a chord with audiences across generations. Bhushan’s antics and punchy one-liners made him instantly meme-worthy, while Binod’s silent expressions and understated presence prove that sometimes, all it takes is stillness to leave a lasting impact.

Durgesh Kumar shared, “When I shot for the first season of Panchayat,...
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  • 6/10/2025
  • by Bollywood Ki Baten Desk
  • Bollywood Ki Baten
‘Pinch’ Review: Taut Debut Highlights One Woman’s Response to Sexual Harassment — and Complicity
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A large family enters a crowded train car. They spread out — busying themselves finding seats, settling in, placing luggage — when the youngest adult woman feels the unwelcome hand of a passing stranger. She whips around, but the man has already disappeared into the crowd, and when she tells a trusted female relative, the result is instinctive disgust, but only briefly.

“That just happens.”

This is not exactly a scene from Uttera Singh’s “Pinch,” but similar enough and entirely true. Her debut feature and 2025 Tribeca Festival premiere takes on a small piece of a big topic, delivering not only a gripping and nuanced narrative but an astutely told directing effort.

Writer and director Singh plays Maitri, whose life takes a sharp turn when her landlord gropes her on a bus and she retaliates in kind. Soon, the incident involves Maitri’s mother, their neighbors, and the small community living in their building,...
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  • 6/9/2025
  • by Proma Khosla
  • Indiewire
Neena Gupta Vs Sunita Rajwar Net Worth: With 90% Higher Wealth & Assets, This Panchayat Actress Is Winning The Bankability Game!
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Neena Gupta Vs Sunita Rajwar Net Worth (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Panchayat is a show which is not only loved for its rustic and raw storytelling but is also adored for its performances especially by some of the female star cast. This includes Neena Gupta who plays Manju Devi and Sunita Rajwar who is became a household name for her portrayal of Kranti Devi on the show. Here is comparing the net worth of the two powerhouse actresses who make this Tvf show, such an enjoyable watch.

Neena Gupta Net Worth

Neena Gupta is one of the most respected and adored actresses of the entertainment industry. She started her career with the film Saath Saath and went on to do many quality roles with projects like Gandhi, The Deceivers and Mirza Ghalib. However, she broke the stereotype and grabbed several eyeballs for unabashedly asking for work via a social media post.
See full article at KoiMoi
  • 6/9/2025
  • by Shreshtha Chaudhury
  • KoiMoi
Panchayat Season 4: What To Expect From The Brand New Chapter Of Beloved Prime Video Series?
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What Can Fans Expect From Panchayat Season 4? ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Over the years, Panchayat has established itself as one of India’s most loved and acclaimed series. Through a journey of three successful seasons, the show has captured hearts nationwide with its blend of humor, emotional depth, and brilliant performances. Fans are waiting to witness the show’s fourth season and dive into the next big chapter of Phulera.

What To Expect From Panchayat Season 4?

Panchayat Season 4 is expected to bring new challenges and old rivalries, alongside quadruple drama, laughter, chaos, and heartfelt moments from the world of Phulera. Fans can expect to return to the familiar lanes and reunite with their favorite characters, from the ever-conflicted Abhishek to the unfiltered Pradhan Ji, Vikas, Prahlad, and others.

Season 4 guarantees a fresh mix of local politics, shifting loyalties, and a fresh set of quirky curveballs that will test relationships and bring unexpected alliances.
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  • 6/2/2025
  • by Koimoi.com Team
  • KoiMoi
Panchayat S4 Teaser Review: Sachiv Ji & Pradhan Ji Gear Up For Phulera Ka Ghamasan But My Hopes Are Rocketing With ‘Bittu Ki Mummy’!
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Panchayat S4 Teaser Review Ft. Sachiv Ji & Pradhan: My Hopes Are Rocketing With ‘Bittu Ki Mummy’! ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

Phulera is gearing up for the Chunaav season in Panchayat season 4, and the teaser assures that another brilliant set of episodes will arrive on our screens. Starring Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Sunita Rajwar, Neena Gupta, Chandan Roy, Faisal Malik, Ashok Pathak, Durgesh Kumar, and others, the web series is ready to tickle our bones with another rooted story from the pagdandi of a distant village in MP.

The teaser sets the premise right, introducing the voting season in the Phulera village, and while it is Pradhan Ji Vs Bhushan, the fight spices up since it is Neena Gupta Vs Sunita Rajwar, as the seat for the village is reserved for women!

Amidst all this cobweb of politics and people, it would be interesting to see where Sachiv Ji, Jitendra Kumar‘s career,...
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  • 5/4/2025
  • by Trisha Gaur
  • KoiMoi
Panchayat Season 4 Release Date Update: When Is The Beloved Comedy Drama Returning To Screens?
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When Is Panchayat Season 4 Releasing? ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

On the occasion of Panchayat’s milestone 5th anniversary, Prime Video announced the much-awaited Season 4 of the beloved comedy-drama! Marking five years since its heartwarming debut in 2020, this special occasion brings exciting news for fans!

Panchayat Season 4 will continue the journey of its beloved characters and their unforgettable slice-of-life story. The new installment will premiere on July 2, 2025, on Prime Video. After three award-winning and widely acclaimed seasons, Panchayat has cemented itself as a fan favorite.

The show has captivated audiences with its simple yet profoundly relatable storytelling, brilliant performances, and endearing rural charm. As the journey continues, Season 4 promises more drama, laughter, and heartwarming moments from Phulera, bringing fans closer to the world they love.

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Arti Singh Addresses Ongoing Pregnancy...
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  • 4/3/2025
  • by Koimoi.com Team
  • KoiMoi
Sunita Rajwar at an event for Santosh (2024)
Santosh review – terrifically tense cop movie digs into sexism and caste prejudice in India
Sunita Rajwar at an event for Santosh (2024)
Sunita Rajwar and Shahana Goswami lead a sinewy crime drama as a cynical veteran and a wide-eyed rookie who has inherited her late husband’s job

Writer-director Sandhya Suri has made a tense, violent and politically savvy crime procedural set in India: a film about sexism, caste bigotry and Islamophobia that doubles as a study in the complex relationship between two female cops, a cynical veteran and a wide-eyed rookie. They are terrifically played by Sunita Rajwar and Shahana Goswami in what is almost a gender-switched Indian version of Training Day.

Suri is a film-maker who 20 years ago gave us a tremendous personal essay movie I for India, and this is her fiction-feature debut, which reportedly started as a documentary project inspired by public demonstrations about the gang-rape and murder of Jyoti Singh. It centres on the Indian convention of “compassionate appointment”: the dependent widow of a public official...
See full article at The Guardian - Film News
  • 3/21/2025
  • by Peter Bradshaw
  • The Guardian - Film News
Another peek into the mystery of Santosh!
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Written and directed by award-winning British-Indian debut filmmaker, Sandhya Suri’s film, Santosh, starring Shahana Goswami and Sunita Rajwar is all set to release in UK cinemas this Friday on 21st March 2025. Vertigo Releasing and Civic Studios distribute the critically acclaimed crime thriller.

Santosh delves into a mystery. When a government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India she is in for a shock. When a low-caste girl is murdered, Santosh is pulled into the investigation by charismatic feminist inspector Sharma what happens is a tale of transformation both bad and good, in this must see film.

In preparation for writing Santosh, Suri researched female police constables, learning of the government scheme of appointment on compassionate grounds’, meaning that eligible dependents of deceased police officers can inherit their jobs. Suri spoke to many widows, which provided...
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  • 3/19/2025
  • by Stacey Yount
  • Bollyspice
Not Yo Yo Honey Singh Or Gurdas Maan, India’s Richest Punjabi Singer Has A Net Worth Of 643 Crores, Almost 273% Higher Than Diljit Dosanjh!
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Who Is The Richest Punjabi Singer In India? ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Talk about Punjabi music and Diljit Dosanjh will be the #1 artist in your mind. He’s truly ruling the world and our hearts with his movies, songs, and concerts! But do you know, he’s not even among the top 3 richest Punjabi singers? In fact, not even Yo Yo Honey Singh or Gurdas Maan conquer the top spot! Scroll below for an interesting fact!

Diljit Dosanjh ranks at #4

Many wouldn’t know, but Diljit Dosanjh is now the highest-paid Punjabi actor. During the promotion for Jatt & Juliet 3, he revealed how he had visited producer Darshan Singh Grewal to reject the film. However, he was given a blank cheque and asked to fill the sum he demanded. He researched the amount charged by Gurdas Maan and filled in the same amount. The producer ended up paying him one lakh extra.
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  • 3/16/2025
  • by Jishika Madaan
  • KoiMoi
Kajol Net Worth 2025: Invests 12.5% On Her 2nd Most Priced Possession – List Of Her 5 Expensive Properties!
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Kajol Net Worth 2025: List Of Her 5 Expensive Properties!( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Kajol is currently grabbing headlines for two reasons – one of them is personal, while the other is professional. The actress will next be seen in a film titled Maa, which was announced recently. Meanwhile, the superstar is all set to make some growth in her assets as she has bought a commercial space worth approximately 30 crore!

The said commercial space is in Goregaon, as per the reports. It is a shop with a spacious area of 4,365 square feet on the Ground Floor of a building on Linking Road. The actress, in fact, paid a stamp duty of 1.72 crore.

Kajol Net Worth 2025

The actress enjoys a net worth of a reported 240 crore, and this mammoth amount is surely gonna rise in the upcoming years with the smart investment! This is the fifth property owned by Kajol and the second highest-priced possession she might flaunt!
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  • 3/13/2025
  • by Trisha Gaur
  • KoiMoi
Khatron Ke Khiladi 15: Mohsin Khan & Eisha Singh Reportedly Reject The Offer But These 8 Contestants Might Join The Stunt Reality Show [Reports]
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Khatron Ke Khiladi 15: These 8 Contestants Might Join The Stunt Reality Show ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Rohit Shetty’s much-loved stunt-based reality show is back in a new season. Khatron Ke Khiladi 15 might go on air in July or August, in all probability, and the hunt for the contestants of the new season is on. Recently, rumors have taken over about Mallika Sherawat participating in the show.

Two Contestants Drop Out?

However, in other news, it seems like two contestants have dropped out already. The two names are Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’s Kartik – Mohsin Khan and Bigg Boss 18’s Eisha Singh! Mohsin’s name has been dissed as plain rumors and nothing else.

But India Forums confirmed that Eisha Singh was approached for Khatron Ke Khiladi 15. A source close to the portal was quoted, “Yes, it is true that Eisha has been approached for the show and the makers...
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  • 3/12/2025
  • by Trisha Gaur
  • KoiMoi
Panchayat: Sunita Rajwar Tasted An Enormous Salary Hike Of 650% As Kranti Devi After Years Of Struggle In TV Shows?
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Panchayat Actress Sunita Rajwar’s Salary Growth(Photo Credit –YouTube)

In the booming era of Ott, Indian audiences have been blessed with quality content. Among web series, Panchayat is one such quality work that has become an emotion for many viewers. Since its debut in 2020, the show has gained immense popularity and built its loyal fanbase. So today, we’ll discuss Sunita Rajwar, who had her share in the success of the show in the second and third seasons.

Sunita is a well-known face in the entertainment industry. She started her commercial acting career on TV in 1998 with Cid. Initially, she played small roles and struggled for years. She has also been a part of notable shows like Aahat, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Ramayan, and Hitler Didi. Despite being a part of several shows, the actress expressed her frustration over being typecast.

Talking to Digital Commentary, Sunita Rajwar shared...
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  • 3/12/2025
  • by Shalmesh More
  • KoiMoi
BAFTA-Nominated Crime Thriller, Santosh, to Release in the UK on 21st March
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The critically acclaimed crime thriller, Santosh, written and directed by award-winning British-Indian filmmaker, Sandhya Suri, will be releasing in UK cinemas on 21st March 2025, distributed by Vertigo Releasing and Civic Studios.

Starring Shahana Goswami and Sunita Rajwar; and produced by Mike Goodridge (Love is Strange), James Bowsher (The Night), Balthazar de Ganay (The Summer House) and Alan McAlex (Masaan), the film has garnered unanimous international plaudit, with 14 award nominations and seven wins including a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer; British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) win for Best Screenplay; and recognition by the National Board of Review within the Top 10 Independent Films of the Year. The film also earned a nomination at Cannes Film Festival 2024 in the Un Certain Regard category; was nominated for the Sutherland Award for Best Film Feature at BFI London Film Festival; and was the UK’s official submission for...
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  • 2/18/2025
  • by Stacey Yount
  • Bollyspice
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The brilliant BAFTA-nominated Santosh expanding to more US cities January 31st
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The BAFTA-nominated, Oscar-shortlisted thriller Santosh, which has earned a perfect 100% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes is currently playing in New York and Los Angeles. Now, more U.S. audiences will get to see the acclaimed film when it is released in cinemas in numerous major cities this Friday, January 31st.

Directed by Sandhya Suri, the drama features brilliant performances by Shahana Goswami and Sunita Rajwar in the dark and intense film.

Ripped from her life of domesticity, Santosh, a young widow now desperate to support herself, accepts an opportunity to inherit her husband’s job as a police officer in the rural badlands of India. Quickly taken under the wing of Sharma, a charismatic and commanding older female inspector, Santosh begins an investigation into a low-caste girl’s brutal murder that plunges her into a gritty world of crime and corruption, forcing her to confront not only the brokenness of...
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  • 1/28/2025
  • by Stacey Yount
  • Bollyspice
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Santosh Nominated for BAFTA Award
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The critically acclaimed crime thriller Santosh has now earned a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. Written and directed by Sandhya Suri, the award-winning film is also on the Oscar shortlist for Best International Feature Film.

Speaking about the new BAFTA nomination, Suri said “This is a wonderful honour. Making Santosh has been a long journey, a good decade of plodding, researching, refining and getting ready to make what is quite an ambitious fiction debut in the middle of India, prepping in the peak of summer. The entire team was so deeply committed, they really eased the path for me. After a great reception at Cannes it means a lot to bring Santosh home and have this recognition in the UK. I really hope this nod from Bafta will help drive audiences to come out and see the film when it is released here [UK] in March.
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  • 1/16/2025
  • by Stacey Yount
  • Bollyspice
'Santosh' Gets 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score & Good Oscar Odds
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Earning a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes is a feat few filmmakers have achieved. Indeed, many of the most acclaimed films of all time have nevertheless failed to impress at least one certified critic on the website. Therefore, in the rare event that a film does earn a perfect score, it is worth exploring how it managed to win over every critic on Rotten Tomatoes that saw it. One such film is Santosh (2024), a new thriller directed by Sandhya Suri. The film, which centers on a widowed woman who takes her late husband's place on the local police force, is the U.K.'s submission for Best International Feature at the upcoming Academy Awards. So far, all 39 critics on Rotten Tomatoes are pretty much unanimous in their praise of both the film's technical elements and its uncompromising themes of sexism, police corruption, and caste discrimination in India.

'Santosh' Is...
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  • 1/15/2025
  • by Andrew Tomei
  • MovieWeb
India-Set Murder Mystery ‘Santosh’ Is More Than Just a Crime Procedural
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During a recent Zoom conversation about “Santosh,” the Oscar-shortlisted international feature, director Sandhya Suri was seated comfortably in a large, nest-like wicker chair that was bolted into the ceiling in her London apartment.

“Oh, I love this seat,” she said. “I only have this one chair in this room, and when I invite friends over, we all want to be in this spot. My daughter reads in here, as well. It’s my happy place.”

The serenity of Suri’s calmly floating chair stands in contrast to “Santosh,” her phenomenal, noir-soaked feature directorial debut that follows a female police officer (Shahana Goswami) investigating the murder of a lower-caste girl in Northern India. The film uses its procedural format to mine deeper as a cultural character study.

“Santosh” is the Oscar submission from the United Kingdom, the country which won the Best International Film award with “The Zone of Interest” 11 months ago.
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  • 1/9/2025
  • by Joe McGovern
  • The Wrap
'Santosh' Review | Tense Police Thriller Is the U.K.'s Oscar Entry
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There is a certain ferocity in lead actress Shahana Goswami's lioness eyes that effectively carries her stunning new feature, Santosh, all the way to the harrowing finish line. Goswami's exhausting journey as the eponymous female officer trying to navigate an unwieldy investigation into a woman's rape and murder in rural India might have you holding your breath in tension. After a twisty, unnerving two hours, writer-director Sandhya Suri's great police thriller finally lets you exhale.

There is plenty else to soak up in this suspenseful character study, keeping you guessing at almost every turn — even down to the subtle actions by its at-times unpredictable protagonist. It's an immersive, documentary-like experience that might spike one's blood pressure at certain points, and lose some moviegoers at other points due to the slow-burning nature of the mystery. However, patience is rewarded in this unique tale that takes us to a...
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  • 1/7/2025
  • by Will Sayre
  • MovieWeb
Santosh Review: U.K.’s Oscar Entry is a Taut Exploration of Gender Politics and Police Corruption
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After the riot-induced death of her policeman husband in the badlands of North India, 30-something widow Santosh Saini (Shahana Goswami) is told she has nothing. Her house, provided by the State, belongs to the State and will be reclaimed, along with nearly everything else she needs to survive. She has no choice but to take advantage of a government program referred to as “compassionate appointment,” in which the bereaved can take on the job of the one they lost. In this case, a housewife becomes an officer of the law overnight.

Meet: the newly minted Constable Santosh. Not long into her tenure she’s forced to face the corruption of fellow officers when a low-caste teenage girl––whose grieving parents had reported her missing and begged local police to find her, only to be laughed out of the station––turns up dead in a well. Evidence that she was raped...
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  • 12/31/2024
  • by Luke Hicks
  • The Film Stage
‘Santosh’, ‘2073’ & Comedy Slasher ‘Bloody Axe Wound’ Test Last Weekend Of 2024; Flow’ Passes $2 Million – Specialty Preview
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Cannes premiering Santosh from Metrograph Pictures joins Neon’s 2073 in limited release with comedy horror Bloody Axe Wound from Rlj Entertainment/Shudder on several hundred screens for the last weekend of the year. Some of the highest profile films from Searchlight Pictures’ A Complete Unknown to Focus Features’ Nosferatu and A24’s Babygirl and more arrived in theaters on Christmas making for a nice cluster of year-end releases. They’re capping a solid run for indie films in 2024’s recovering post-strike box office.

Italian thriller Vermiglio from Sideshow/Janus Films opened 12/25 on one NYC screen (IFC Center) where it stays, adding LA and Chicago Jan 3. Directed and written by Maura Delpero (Maternal). Premiered at Venice. The distributor’s Latvian animated Flow, which has been an awards season phenomenon, is still out on 107 screens and just passed $2 million – making a run for Sideshow’s highest grosser, Drive My Car at $2.35 million.
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  • 12/27/2024
  • by Jill Goldsmith
  • Deadline Film + TV
Santosh Director Sandhya Suri on Quiet Characters, Economic Filmmaking, and Emotional Chess
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Emerging after over a decade of development, Santosh is Sandhya Suri’s first narrative feature after a career in documentary. Shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards, representing the UK, the film is inspired by a real program in India where widows are offered their late husband’s jobs to sustain their livelihoods. The story follows the titular Santosh, played with remarkable nuance by Shahana Goswami, as a quiet young woman who steps into her late husband’s role as a police officer. Soon, she takes on a harrowing case––the rape and murder of a teenage girl––guided by a seemingly virtuous mentor, Inspector Geeta Sharma, portrayed with an electrifying charge by Sunita Rajwar.

Both a gripping crime thriller and a poignant character study, Santosh operates in the delicate space between realism and genre storytelling. With her unflinching camera, Suri captures Santosh’s transformation with silences,...
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  • 12/27/2024
  • by Lucia Ahrensdorf
  • The Film Stage
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A subverted police procedural crumbles into predictable moralizing in Santosh
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Santosh Saini (Shahana Goswami), the heroine of the Indian cop drama Santosh, is a young widow whose husband, a police constable named Raman, was killed on duty. When we first meet her, she is still in grief and faced with a bleak future. Her bitter in-laws don’t want to help her,...
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  • 12/27/2024
  • by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
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‘Santosh’ Writer-Director Sandhya Suri on the ‘Heat’ and ‘Straw Dogs’ Moments in Her Crime Drama Debut: ‘I Was Keen Not to Do Something Too Happy About Female Solidarity’
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To many audiences across the globe, the plot of the Hindi-language drama “Santosh” — in which a widow takes over her husband’s job as a constable — sounds made up.

But for her debut narrative feature, which competed for the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes earlier this year before earning accolades at festivals like Camerimage, British-Indian filmmaker Sandhya Suri drew directly from Indian law. Specifically, “compassionate grounds” allows the dependent of a government worker to be appointed to a job, including their own, after their death. As the eponymous fictional character (played by Shahana Goswami) investigates the murder of a young girl under the watch of a female superior officer (Sunita Rajwar) with inscrutable aims, what subsequently unfolds in the film is an extraordinary, unflinching portrait of one woman’s reckoning with personal relationships and a professional community in a larger sociopolitical culture historically controlled and dominated by men.

Ahead of the film’s Dec.
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  • 12/26/2024
  • by Todd Gilchrist
  • Variety Film + TV
Beautiful and difficult by Paul Risker
Sandhya Suri
Santosh Photo: BBC, BFI, Razor Film Produktion GmbH, Haut et Court, Santosh Film Ltd

British-Indian director Sandhya Suri's Indian set neo-noir, Santosh, is an atmospheric story about a young widow whose husband has died policing a riot. The only way for Santosh Saini (Shahana Goswami) to keep a roof over her head and be self-sufficient is to accept the offer to inherit her late husband's job and rank. Swapping her life of domesticity for a job as a woman police officer in India's northern badlands, she soon falls under the influence of Geeta Sharma (Sunita Rajwar), a female inspector. Their investigation into the murder of a low-caste girl exposes Saini to unrelenting corruption, and before too long she has to answer for her own complicity in an investigation thwarted by duplicitous agendas.

Sandhya Suri Photo: courtesy of Oxfam

Santosh is Suri's narrative feature début, and was developed with...
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  • 12/24/2024
  • by Paul Risker
  • eyeforfilm.co.uk
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Year Of Women: Samantha & The Ladies, Lapaata Or Otherwise, Killed It In 2024
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To be honest, all we imagine as light shone brightly on the ladies this year. Sisterhood ruled in Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light , Kiran Rao’s Laapata Ladies and at year-end in Shuchi Talati’s Girls Will Be Girls.

In another part of the world, another brilliant female filmmaker Sandhya Suri made some constructive noise on female empowerment with Santosh, a hardhitting tense cops drama with Shahana Goswami and Sunita Rajwar bonding in praise-Vardi Khakee.

These are post-feminist works of unfettered art transcending the limitations of the ‘chick-flick’ genre by focussing on empowered muliebrity far beyond the common feminist tropes : demonization of the male, sexual assault and discrimination and gender biases.

There is a refreshing candour to the language of womanhood shared by the above films.

A pity, only one of them Laapata Ladies got an audience in India. Together the women in front of and...
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  • 12/24/2024
  • by Subhash K Jha
  • Bollyspice
‘Santosh’ Review: Sandhya Suri’s Police Drama Reckons with Power’s Corrupting Force
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Midway through Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, the camera tracks a police constable walking down the street. We can’t see who the person is, but we might assume that it’s Santosh Saini (Shahana Goswami), as she’s hardly seen out of her khaki uniform since joining the force at the start of the film. It’s only when we’ve followed the person all the way back to the police station and found Santosh already sitting there that we realize we’ve actually been tailing some other officer. And in this moment of confusion, as the camera shifts its gaze to Santosh, you might miss the suspect being tortured by a pair of officers on the other side of the room.

That series of scenes is a neat distillation of the themes that Santosh explores across its runtime. This is a film about how violence and corruption can become...
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  • 12/18/2024
  • by Ross McIndoe
  • Slant Magazine
From ‘Inside Out 2’ to ‘The Last Showgirl’ to ‘The Girl With the Needle,’ 2024 Films Tap Into Intergenerational Female Mentorship
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Inspiring or irritating, empowering or exploitative, maternal or manipulative — with many shades of gray in between — female mentorship is a common dynamic in many of 2024’s most affecting stories.

In films as diverse as “All We Imagine as Light,” “Babygirl,” “Emilia Pérez,” “The Girl With the Needle,” “Inside Out 2” “The Last Showgirl,” “My Old Ass” and “The Substance,” women develop relationships with one another that alternately risk harm as much as they mean to be helpful, forge camaraderie out of competition or simply provide a mirror reflecting — frequently uncomfortably — who they once were or may one day become.

Inspired by its writer-director’s curiosity about multi-generational friendship, Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light” tells the stories of three nurses — Prabha (Kani Kusruti), Anu (Divya Prabha) and Parvaty (Chhaya Kadam) — navigating the sociopolitical complexities of Mumbai. “When there is a lot of difference in the generations, there is a sort of conflict that,...
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  • 12/18/2024
  • by Todd Gilchrist
  • Variety Film + TV
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Santosh Movie Review
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Director Sandhya Suri, in her debut feature film, Santosh, brings to audiences a taut thriller filled with the darkness of the world. Featuring brilliant performances by Shahana Goswami and Sunita Rajwar, Santosh begins its theatrical release on December 27th. The film, which was just included in the Academy Awards Best International Film category shortlist, has also received acclaim at prestigious festivals, including TIFF. Santosh boasts a perfect 100% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes and was named by Vogue as one of the best movies of 2024.

Let’s set the tone: Ripped from her life of domesticity, Santosh, a young widow now desperate to support herself, accepts an opportunity to inherit her husband’s job as a police officer in the rural badlands of India. Quickly taken under the wing of Sharma, a charismatic and commanding older female inspector, Santosh begins an investigation into a low-caste girl’s brutal murder. The case...
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  • 12/18/2024
  • by Stacey Yount
  • Bollyspice
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Santosh on Oscar Shortlist for Best International Film!
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Sandhya Suri’s award-winning new thriller Santosh has been picked by the Academy Awards for its shortlist for Best International Feature Film of the year. It is one of only 15 films selected for the Oscar shortlist in this category out of 85 total films submitted by countries all around the world.

The film features brilliant performance by Shahana Goswami and Sunita Rajwar and is set to hit theatres on December 27th.

Ripped from her life of domesticity, Santosh, a young widow now desperate to support herself, accepts an opportunity to inherit her husband’s job as a police officer in the rural badlands of India. Quickly taken under the wing of Sharma, a charismatic and commanding older female inspector, Santosh begins an investigation into a low-caste girl’s brutal murder that plunges her into a gritty world of crime and corruption, forcing her to confront not only the brokenness of the system around her,...
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  • 12/17/2024
  • by Stacey Yount
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‘Santosh’ Director Sandhya Suri Says U.K.’s Oscars Pick “Was Too Horrific” to Be a Doc
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[The following story contains spoilers from Santosh.]

Sandhya Suri’s Santosh won two British Independent Film Awards on Sunday.

Not only were Balthazar de Ganay and James Bowsher honored in the breakthrough producer category, but Suri also took home the best screenplay award for her feature film debut.

The British-Indian director’s background is firmly in documentaries and Santosh, in its very early stages, was going to be just that: a forensic look at the rife violence against women in India, the deeply embedded corruption within its police force and the powerless women forced to watch on.

“I couldn’t figure out how to do it as a documentary form because it was just too horrific,” Suri tells The Hollywood Reporter about the U.K.’s Oscars submission for best international feature. “I dropped the project.”

But it was the brutal and shocking case of 23-year-old Jyoti Singh, who was gang raped by the driver of the...
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  • 12/11/2024
  • by Lily Ford
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘Santosh’, UK’s Hindi-Language Oscar Hopeful, Gets India Distribution Deal
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Exclusive: Fresh from winning two awards at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) on Sunday, Cannes title Santosh has sewn up an eagerly awaited deal for distribution in India.

PVR Inox Pictures, the film releasing arm of the largest film exhibition company in India PVR Inox Ltd, has acquired the Indian rights to the Hindi-language feature, which is the UK’s official Oscar entry for Best International Feature Film category.

MK2 is selling the film and cut the deal with PVR Inox. Pic is written and directed by Sandhya Suri, and stars Shahana Goswami and Sunita Rajwar, and is produced by Good Chaos in association with Suitable Pictures (India) and in co-production with Haut Et Court (France) and Razor Film (Germany).

The official synopsis reads: “Ripped from her life of domesticity, Santosh, a young widow now desperate to support herself, accepts an opportunity to inherit her husband’s job as...
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  • 12/10/2024
  • by Andreas Wiseman
  • Deadline Film + TV
British Oscar Submission ‘Santosh’ Sets 2025 U.K. Release From Vertigo and Civic (Exclusive)
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“Santosh,” the acclaimed Indian crime drama that is the U.K.’s submission for international film Oscar, finally has U.K. distributor on board, with Vertigo Releasing partnering with Civic Studio for a theatrical release on March 21, 2025.

The Hindi-language film, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard competition in Cannes earlier this year, is the directorial feature debut of of British-Indian filmmaker Sandhya Suri, and stars Shahana Goswami and Sunita Rajwar.

Set in rural northern India, the film follows newly-widowed Santosh, who inherits her late husband’s job as a police constable. When an underage girl from one of India’s so-called “lower castes” is murdered, she is pulled into the investigation by a charismatic feminist inspector.

Following its Cannes bow, “Santosh” was part of the official selection in Telluride and Toronto, and was selected in the debut competition at the London Film Festival and Tokyo FilmEx, winning best first...
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  • 12/4/2024
  • by Alex Ritman
  • Variety Film + TV
Film Review: Santosh (2024) by Sandhya Suri
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Like India itself, its cinema tends to be very diverse. The cultural diversity of the country itself powers the diversity of cinematic styles and schools, while also diversity genre-wise can be noted, from Bollywood spectacles and popular action flicks via highly artistic stuff, documentaries and docu-fiction to proper genre flicks like fantasies and horrors. Genre-mixing also occurs and when it is done smartly, the results can be very interesting. In the case of “Santosh”, the genres in the mix are procedural crime thriller and a naturalist social drama with certain documentary ambitions. The film premiered at Cannes’ Un certain regard and we were lucky enough to catch it at Zagreb Film Festival and Thessaloniki.

Santosh is screening at Thessaloniki International Film Festival

The titular protagonist played by Shahana Goswami is a widow of a police officer who was killed on duty. Her in-laws hurry to take her back to the family she came from,...
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  • 11/10/2024
  • by Marko Stojiljković
  • AsianMoviePulse
Panchayat Season 4: Jitendra Kumar & Mandali Find Out Who Shot Pradhan Ji – 3 Things We Already Know About The ‘Chunavi Season’ In Phulera!
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Panchayat Season 4: Jitendra Kumar & Mandali Reunite!(Photo Credit – Instagram)

The chunaavi season is Phulera is in full swing as Jitendra Kumar, Raghubir Yadav, Faisal Khan, Chandan Sanyal, Durgesh Kumar, Ashok Pathak and others reunite for Panchayat season 4. The last season ended on a high note, with everyone wondering who shot Pradhan Ji.

Season 4 is all set to unveil some of the mysteries that were left on cliffhangers in season 3. However, it was announced in a heroic way that Phulera is getting ready for the elections in the village, and the viewers will witness the village politics on a root level.

A few pictures from the set have been shared with a clapboard of the fourth season. The audiences are already excited for the fourth season, and the excitement has been building since this time. The team has returned sooner than expected!

Trending October Ott Verdict (Week 4): Taaza Khabar...
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  • 10/30/2024
  • by Trisha Gaur
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Full Trailer for Sandhya Suri's 'Santosh' - Starring Shahana Goswami
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"Someone's got to do down for this." Metrograph has revealed the official US trailer for a highly regarded Indian film called Santosh, one of the two big breakout films from India at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival this year (All We Imagine as Light is the other). Santosh opens in US theaters at the end of the year and will be submitted by the UK as their pick for Best International Film at the Academy Awards in 2025. I think it has a strong chance to be nominated because it's cinematic. Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband's job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a girl's body is found, she's pulled into the investigation under the wing of the charismatic feminist inspector Sharma, learning uncomfortable truths about corruption & caste in Indian society. Starring Shahana Goswami as Santosh, with Sunita Rajwar, Sanjay Bishnoi, Kushal Dubey, Nawal Shukla,...
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  • 10/23/2024
  • by Alex Billington
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‘Santosh’ trailer: Watch a new sneak peek at UK’s Oscars submission for Best International Feature
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Metrograph Pictures has released a new trailer for “Santosh,” the United Kingdom’s 2025 Oscars submission for Best International Feature. The film written and directed by Sandhya Suri will open in select theaters on December 27. Watch the trailer above.

Ripped from her life of domesticity, Santosh (Shahana Goswami), a young widow now desperate to support herself, accepts an opportunity to inherit her husband’s job as a police officer in the rural badlands of India. Quickly taken under the wing of Sharma (Sunita Rajwar), a charismatic and commanding older female inspector, Santosh begins an investigation into a low-caste girl’s brutal murder that plunges her into a gritty world of crime and corruption, forcing her to confront not only the brokenness of the system around her, but her own place within it.

See 2025 Oscars: Complete list of Best International Feature Film submissions

As the film follows the title character’s first eye-opening days on the job,...
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  • 10/23/2024
  • by Denton Davidson
  • Gold Derby
U.S. Trailer for Sandhya Suri’s U.K. Oscar Entry Santosh
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Premiering at Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section earlier this year to much acclaim, Sandhya Suri’s narrative directorial debut was recently selected as U.K.’s official Oscar entry. Now set for a release beginning on December 27 from Metrograph Pictures, the new U.S. trailer has arrived for the film starring Shahana Goswami and Sunita Rajwar.

Here’s the synopsis: “Ripped from her life of domesticity, Santosh, a young widow now desperate to support herself, accepts an opportunity to inherit her husband’s job as a police officer in the rural badlands of India. Quickly taken under the wing of Sharma, a charismatic and commanding older female inspector, Santosh begins an investigation into a low-caste girl’s brutal murder that plunges her into a gritty world of crime and corruption, forcing her to confront not only the brokenness of the system around her, but her own place within it.
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  • 10/23/2024
  • by Jordan Raup
  • The Film Stage
Shahana Goswami in Santosh (2024)
U.K. Oscar Hopeful ‘Santosh’ Brings Indian Police Drama to U.S. Screens
Shahana Goswami in Santosh (2024)
The acclaimed Indian police drama “Santosh” is set to release in theaters across the United States on December 27th. The film was selected to premiere at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, where it received widespread critical acclaim. Metrograph Pictures acquired distribution rights for North America after its debut.

“Santosh” tells the story of the title character, played by Shahana Goswami. After her husband’s death, Santosh takes over his role as a police constable in a rural area of northern India. She must navigate her new responsibilities in a deeply traditional society. The film intensifies as Santosh gets involved in investigating the murder of a young girl from a marginalized caste. She works closely with Inspector Sharma, a dynamic feminist officer portrayed by Sunita Rajwar.

Though it follows the structure of a police procedural, “Santosh” delves deeper into complex social issues facing India. These include caste discrimination,...
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  • 10/23/2024
  • by Naser Nahandian
  • Gazettely
U.K. Oscar Contender ‘Santosh’ Sets U.S. Release Date, Unveils Trailer (Exclusive)
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Metrograph Pictures has unveiled a trailer and a U.S. release date for British Indian filmmaker Sandhya Suri’s “Santosh.”

The film, which had its world premiere at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard strand, is the U.K.’s submission to the Oscars’ international feature category. Metrograph snapped up North American rights after the film’s Cannes premiere.

In the film, a government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh (Shahana Goswami) inherit her slain husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of northern India. When an underage girl from one of India’s so-called “lower castes” is murdered, Santosh is pulled into the investigation by charismatic feminist inspector Sharma (Sunita Rajwar).

“Santosh” received strong reviews following its Cannes premiere, with Variety calling it a “whip-smart film” that “speaks the language of a fiercely feminist empowerment saga.”

The film, set in a fictitious northern Indian state, is structured as...
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  • 10/23/2024
  • by Naman Ramachandran
  • Variety Film + TV
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Oscars 2025: United Kingdom selects ‘Santosh’ as Best International Feature Film entry
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The United Kingdom has selected “Santosh” as the country’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. The movie written and directed by Sandhya Suri won Best International Debut at the 2024 Jerusalem Film Festival, premiered in Un Certrain Regard at Cannes, and will make its way to United States theaters in December 2024.

Ripped from her life of domesticity, Santosh (Shahana Goswami), a young widow now desperate to support herself, accepts an opportunity to inherit her husband’s job as a police officer in the rural badlands of India. Quickly taken under the wing of Sharma (Sunita Rajwar), a charismatic and commanding older female inspector, Santosh begins an investigation into a low-caste girl’s brutal murder that plunges her into a gritty world of crime and corruption, forcing her to confront not only the brokenness of the system around her, but her own place within it.

The...
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  • 9/25/2024
  • by Denton Davidson
  • Gold Derby
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