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A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 3,671 2020s thriller movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low-caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
92 audience votes
Key crew
- Sandhya SuriDirector
- Sandhya SuriScreenplay
- Luisa GersteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Shahana GoswamiConstable Santosh Saini
- Sunita RajwarInspector Sharma
- Naval ShuklaInspector Thakur
- Sanjay BishnoiBeniwal
- Shashi BeniwalConstable Kohli
- Prashant KumarInspector Mundi
- Pratibha AwasthiPriya
- Manjul AzadHead Constable Yadav
- Anamika GuptaConstable Bimla
- Kuldeep SainiConstable Aravind
- Vipin AgarwalConstable Pandey
- Soumya SinghMess Constable
Stills
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Themes
widowfemale protagonistpolice officerbitingfemale police officerinnocent murder
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