Goswami was named the Best Actress for her role in ‘Santosh’, which also won Suri the trophy of Best New Director.’All We Imagine As Light’, an official India-French co-production, charted history by becoming the first Indian title from India to win the Grand Prix Award at the Cannes Film Festival last year.The widely-feted Malayalam-Hindi movie follows two nurses Prabha (Kani Kusruti) and Anu (Divya Prabha) from Kerala navigating life and love in Mumbai along with their friend and cook Parvaty (Chhaya Kadam).’Santosh’ revolves around a newly widowed housewife (Goswami) as she inherits her late husband’s job as a police constable and becomes embroiled in the investigation of a young girl’s murder.It is a joint production of India, United Kingdom, France, Germany.Other nominees in the Best Actress category were: Kani Kusruti (‘All We Imagine As Light’), Sylvia Chang (‘Daughter’s Daughter’), Kawai Yuumi (‘Desert of Namibia’), and Kim Go-eun (‘Exhuma’).Suri, a British-Indian filmmaker, bested Yamanaka Yoko (‘Desert of Namibia’), Sora Neo (‘Happyend’), Dong Zijian (‘My Friend An Delie’), and Truong Minh Quý (‘Viêt and Nam’) in the Best New Director category.
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