Filmmaker Sandhya Suri has voiced strong disappointment after the last-minute decision to pause the digital premiere of her film Santosh in India, calling the move “an actual shame”. The film set to debut on Lionsgate Play in India on Friday, October 17 was suddenly pulled.
Santosh OTT premiere paused, director Sandhya Suri calls it “an actual shame”
The delay follows persistent conflicts with India’s censorship system. Suri said, “The method in India is that the censor board (CBFC) may ask you to make cuts for a theatrical release. The cuts they asked for weren’t acceptable to me or my team. We couldn’t make those cuts as they compromised the integrity of the film too profoundly.”
She further insisted that her objections to mandated cuts for theatrical release remained the identical for a streaming run and stated, “The objections I needed to cuts for the theatrical release remain my objections for a streaming release. The streamers don’t need, by law, to have censorship status to point out movies. But perhaps that is about an environment during which streamers tackle certain objections of their very own accord for a harmonious universe.”
Suri also flagged the unintended consequence of pulling the premiere: potential piracy. “It was announced and now we’re un-announcing, so loads more persons are going to observe it in another form,” she remarked. “My wish is for the film to be distributed legitimately and uncut in India.”
Santosh revolves around a widowed police constable, Santosh (played by Shahana Goswami), who steps into her late husband’s job and finally ends up investigating the murder of a young girl. Produced by Good Chaos with co-producers Razor Film and Haut et Court, it was backed by BFI and BBC Film. The film also represented the UK’s submission for the Best International Feature category on the 97th Academy Awards.
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