Sandhya Suri has always "wanted to do what she wanted to". This headstrong attitude would see the British-Indian study mathematics in Germany, leave her home England for stints in Congo, Samoa, Japan and France, make two documentaries, and work with NGOs in India studying violence against women. The latter, along with an image of a female police officer facing angry Nirbhaya protesters in New Delhi, would inspire her first fictional feature, Santosh. Starring Shahana Goswami in the titular part, the Hindi film set in a fictional state in India is the UK's official entry to the best international film category at the Oscars and will have its India premiere in the South Asia section of the upcoming Mumbai Film Festival (Oct. 19-24).
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