Santosh, an internationally recognized movie, was banned in India due to its depiction of police brutality.

Cannes has already seen the premiere of an award-winning movie set in a fictional town, but censors have rejected its domestic distribution.Because of their reservations over the film's depiction of violence in the Indian police force, misogyny, and Islamophobia, Indian film censors have prevented the release of the highly regarded film Santosh.Set in northern India, Santosh, written and directed by British-Indian Sandhya Suri, has received praise from all over the world for its depiction of a young widow who enlists in the police force and looks into the murder of a little Dalit girl.

Deeply ingrained misogyny, discrimination against Dalits, India's lowest caste, once known as untouchables, and the normalization of police abuse and torture are all depicted in this unapologetic fictional depiction of the murkier aspects of the Indian police force. The movie also addresses the growing prevalence of anti-Muslim prejudice in India and sexual abuse there, especially against women from lower castes.Santosh was widely praised when it debuted at the Cannes film festival. It received excellent reviews, including five stars from the Observer, which referred to it as a "phenomenal achievement," and was the UK's official submission for the Oscars' international feature category. It also went on to be nominated for a Bafta for best debut feature this year. Shahana Goswami, the film's star, just took home the Asian Film Awards' best actress prize.