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After ‘Missing Ladies’, now another Hindi film has made its official entry into the Oscars. This is Sandhya Suri’s film Santosh. Which has been selected by the UK as the Best International Feature Film for the Oscars to be held in 2025.
BAFTA selected the film
According to Dedyne’s report, the film Santosh has been selected by BAFTA. This organization has been appointed to submit entries on behalf of the UK.
Why did UK choose Hindi film?
According to the rules of the Academy, the film sent in the Best International Feature category should be mostly non-English, hence the UK has selected this film.
Why did India’s film not get entry into the Oscars?
Any film from India has to follow some important rules to get entry in the Oscars. Like that film should be released in India. The film should be shown in theaters for seven consecutive days. More than 50 percent of the film should be in Hindi. Along with this, the time duration of the film should be more than 40 minutes. Whereas the film Santosh has not been released in India yet, hence this film did not get an entry in the Oscars from India.
It has also been premiered at Cannes Film Festival
Santosh film is a crime thriller film. This film has also been premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Sandhya Suri, who is a British-Indian filmmaker, has written and directed this film.
The film is also produced by Mike Goodridge, James Bosher, Balthazar De Ganne and Alan McAlex. Meanwhile, Ama Ampadu, Eva Yates, Diarmid Scrimshaw, Lucia Haslauer and Martin Gerhard are its executive producers. This film has been very successful in Britain.
What is the story of the film ‘Santosh’?
‘Santosh’ is the name of the lead actress of this film. Who gets married and within some time her husband dies. After this, she gets a job as a police constable in place of her husband, when a little girl is murdered. After this she is seen solving the mystery of the murder. Shahana Goswami has played the character of Santosh in this film. While Sunita Rajwar is also with him.