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Santanu Das

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Biography:

Santanu Das is a film critic and regular contributor at Hindustan Times, primarily writing about movies, television, celebrity culture, and film festivals. Along with interviews, features, and reviews, Santanu also writes a weekly column where he recommends films based on the most recent releases. He is based in Chandannagar, India.

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Movies TV Shows
Lady (2026) 3.5/5 EDIT “As the film unfolds in its chaotic, unbridled energy, it becomes a portrait of governmental failure, rampant corruption, and the price one pays to run away.” – Hindustan Times Feb 2, 2026 Full Review To Hold a Mountain (2026) 4/5 EDIT “Filmmakers Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić are issuing a compassionate call for preservation here, a necessary reminder of how co-dependent human livelihoods are. ” – Hindustan Times Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Shame and Money (2026) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Shame and Money is a plea for the many Shabans and Hatixhes who endure and carry on, hoping the next day will be a little easier.” – Hindustan Times Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Barbara Forever (2026) 100% 3.5/5 EDIT “Iconic filmmaker Barbara Hammer is very much alive and unforgettable in this new documentary that is largely built on archival material.” – Hindustan Times Feb 1, 2026 Full Review Josephine (2026) 98% 5/5 EDIT “De Araújo has made a blistering, gripping film that demands unblinking attention. Josephine is a stone-cold triumph, and one of the year's first great films.” – Hindustan Times Feb 1, 2026 Full Review One in a Million (2026) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Unflinchingly honest from the very first frame, One in a Million is a masterful document of a family trying to find a place to call home.” – Hindustan Times Jan 31, 2026 Full Review Nuisance Bear  (2026) 100% 5/5 EDIT “Nuisance Bear is a radical piece of non-fiction filmmaking, subverting the viewer's gaze to interrogate the difference between protection and exploitation, morality and activism. ” – Hindustan Times Jan 31, 2026 Full Review Big Girls Don't Cry (2026) 100% EDIT “The film rests on Palmer's face, who breathtakingly charts Sid's journey from heartbreak to anxiety and everything in between. She is the life force that propels this coming-of-age drama into unforgettable territory. ” – Hindustan Times Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Die My Love (2025) 74% 3.5/5 EDIT “Even when the film shakes, Jennifer Lawrence holds it tight. She delivers a soul-baring, utterly breathtaking performance. ” – Hindustan Times Jan 25, 2026 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% 4/5 EDIT “No Other Choice is a film of acute sensibility and ambition, and further cements the status of Park Chan-wook as one of our greatest living filmmakers.” – Hindustan Times Dec 22, 2025 Full Review The Sun Rises on Us All (2025) 79% 3.5/5 EDIT “Zhilei delivers a rich and nuanced performance, marked by unvarnished emotional complexity.” – Hindustan Times Dec 21, 2025 Full Review Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) 81% 3.5/5 EDIT “Jim Jarmusch's latest film is charming and might initially seem too simple for its own good, but it has a lovely wisdom that lingers. ” – Hindustan Times Dec 20, 2025 Full Review Little Trouble Girls (2025) 98% 4.5/5 EDIT “Djukić has made a richly atmospheric and sensual film, one that never fetishises the untangling of Lucia's sexuality. It gives her space and lets her breathe.” – Hindustan Times Dec 20, 2025 Full Review Young Mothers (2025) 95% 4/5 EDIT “None of these girls comes under any judgment, and the film offers them space and a warmth of community that carries them through.” – Hindustan Times Dec 20, 2025 Full Review Romería (2025) 86% EDIT “The film's metamorphosis in the third act is rather heavy-handed, and unfortunately, incurious in the manner it deals with substance abuse.” – Hindustan Times Dec 20, 2025 Full Review Sound of Falling (2025) 95% 4/5 EDIT “The Sound of Falling pushes and challenges the limits of visual inquiry, as the film also transforms as if we are being watched.” – Hindustan Times Dec 20, 2025 Full Review It Was Just an Accident (2025) 98% 5/5 EDIT “It is a film that is not just about one country, but arrives like a warning to authoritarian regimes everywhere, a signal for citizens of the world.” – Hindustan Times Dec 20, 2025 Full Review If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) 91% EDIT “Rose Byrne's volcanic performance anchors the film.” – Hindustan Times Dec 20, 2025 Full Review The Mastermind (2025) 90% 3.5/5 EDIT “The Mastermind is a political film in the realist, most gripping manner, which intends to knock its protagonist- and in extension, the viewer- sideways. ” – Hindustan Times Dec 20, 2025 Full Review Miroirs No. 3 (2025) 94% EDIT “Paula Beer shines in this psychological drama infused with mystery and wisdom, that rewards the viewer as it unfolds.” – Hindustan Times Dec 20, 2025 Full Review Jay Kelly (2025) 75% 3/5 EDIT “It is George Clooney who saves the day. ” – Hindustan Times Dec 6, 2025 Full Review Oh. What. Fun. (2025) 35% 2.5/5 EDIT “Michelle Pfeiffer leads this Christmas Comedy that takes on a new spin on the central crisis of the Home Alone movies we have come to love. ” – Hindustan Times Dec 5, 2025 Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 95% 5/5 EDIT “Netflix has a hidden gem in Clint Bentley's mesmerising adaptation of Denis Johnson’s best-selling novella. Do not miss it.” – Hindustan Times Nov 22, 2025 Full Review The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) 95% EDIT “It is powerfully clear that Ben Hania wants this story to be told, that she wants Hind Rajab's gut-wrenching cries for help to reach far and wide. It is the only form of confrontation that cinema can achieve.” – Hindustan Times Nov 16, 2025 Full Review Agra (2023) 87% 3.5/5 EDIT “Kanu Behl takes a deep dive into the nasty, gloomy questions surrounding sexual repression and India's oppressive patriarchal reality with Agra.” – Hindustan Times Nov 14, 2025 Full Review
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