Santhosh Kumar

Blood and Black (2024) drops you right into the middle of a city that’s basically chewing itself apart from the inside. Santhosh Kumar plays this detective—yeah, one of those “I’ve seen too much and I don’t sleep anymore” types—dragged into a murder scene that’s way, way messier than it should be. There’s blood, obviously, and a body, but the evidence is weird. Like, the killer wants people to find it, almost like it’s a performance. There are these creepy cryptic messages left behind, scrawled in red, and the whole thing screams serial killer but nobody wants to say it out loud. Santhosh’s character is wrestling with his own baggage. He’s haunted by some old case that still gives him nightmares, so this new one? Yeah, it’s personal. He’s got this uneasy partnership with a rookie cop who’s way too eager for her own good. She keeps poking into stuff she shouldn’t, but honestly, she’s the only one who cares about the truth. As the investigation unravels, you get this parade of suspects—politicians, artists, even a washed-up actor who’s got secrets of his own. The city feels claustrophobic, like the walls are closing in and nobody’s really safe. Every twist just makes things messier, and Santhosh? He starts to realize he might be chasing something darker than just a killer. The ending? Not tidy at all. Some answers, yeah, but mostly you’re left wondering who the real monsters are.