The Hindi film Santosh, featuring an Indian cast, was selected as the UK's official Oscar entry, prompting varied reactions across the internet.

Santosh is a Hindi-language police procedural that premiered at Cannes 2024 in the Un Certain Regard section earlier this year.

This gripping police procedural, which follows a young Hindu widow investigating a murder alongside a veteran inspector, premiered at Cannes and highlights crucial social issues in India.

Days after Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies was selected as India’s official entry for the 97th Academy Awards, another Hindi-lingual film has made its way to the Oscars 2025. Sandhya Suri’s critically acclaimed police procedural drama titled Santosh has been chosen by the United Kingdom as their official submission for the Best International Feature

Sandhya Suri's Santosh has been selected by the UK for the Best International Feature Film category at the 2025 Oscars. The film, starring Shahana Goswami and Sunita Rajwar, had its world premiere at Cannes.

British-Indian filmmaker Sandhya Suri’s fiction feature debut Santosh has been sent by the United Kingdom as its entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards. The police-procedural stars Shahana Goswami and Sunita Rajwar.

The U.K. has selected Santosh, an Indian police procedural from director Sandhya Suri, to represent the country in the 2025 Oscars in the best international feature category. Shahana Goswami stars as the titular Santosh,