The helmer of the British Independent Film Award winner catches up with The Hollywood Reporter to talk about awards season hopes for her film and crafting an apt Indian police procedural: "It's about ...

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Logline: A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh (Shahana Goswami) inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low-caste girl is found raped ...

During a recent Zoom conversation about “Santosh,” the Oscar-shortlisted international feature, director Sandhya Suri was seated comfortably in a large, nest-like wicker chair that was bolted into the ...

Sandhya Arakere, part of the ensemble cast in Su From So — directed by JP Thuminad and produced by Raj B Shetty — is still soaking in the praise, for the film, and for her role. The film, which also ...

Grace and finesse mesh as T Sandhya wields her Silambam staff and shows the moves to her students at the grounds of the Pudukottai Palace in Tiruchi. Dressed in Bharatanatyam costume, she commands ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler Sandhya Sekar never intended to lead a newsroom. Trained as an ecologist, with a Ph.D. in the sciences and a later pivot into journalism, she simply followed her curiosity—first ...