Santosh OTT premiere paused, director Sandhya Suri calls it “a real shame” : Bollywood News

Filmmaker Sandhya Suri has expressed great disappointment after the last-minute decision to suspend the digital premiere of her film. Santosh in India, calling the decision “a real shame”. The film which was supposed to debut on Lionsgate Play in India on Friday, October 17 was suddenly pulled.

Santosh OTT premiere suspended, director Sandhya Suri calls it ‘a real shame’

The delay follows ongoing conflicts with the Indian censorship system. Suri said, “The process in India is that the censor board (CBFC) can ask you to make cuts for a theatrical release. The cuts they asked for were not acceptable to me or my team. We could not make these cuts because they compromised the integrity of the film too deeply.”

She further insisted that her objections to mandatory cuts for theatrical release remained the same for a streaming release and said: “The objections I had to cuts for theatrical release remain my objections to a streaming release. Streamers do not, by law, need to have censorship status to show films. But this may be an environment in which streamers accept certain objections of their own accord for a harmonious universe. “

Suri also pointed out the unintended consequence of the premiere’s cancellation: potential piracy. “It was announced and now we’re not announcing it, so a lot more people are going to watch it in another form,” she noted. “My wish is that the film is distributed legitimately and in full in India.”

Santosh revolves around a widowed police officer, Santosh (played by Shahana Goswami), who takes over her late husband’s job and ends up investigating the murder of a young girl. Produced by Good Chaos with co-producers Razor Film and Haut et Court, it was supported by BFI and BBC Film. The film also represented the United Kingdom’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards.

Also Read: Santosh’s Release Halted By CBFC Due To Portrayal Of Police Brutality, Caste Issues; director Sandhya Suri REACTS!

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