Fit India is the story of twenty-five-year-old Ganika who is overweight, and faces constant body shaming.
She suffers repeated rejections by suitors who come to examine her, as is customary in an arranged
marriage set-up in India. Ganika strives to balance her own self-esteem and aspirations with the social
expectations.
On the surface level, the film is light-comedy that imbibes millennial jargon and behaviours to become relatable and consumable. The lead actor playing Ganika, as well as the rest of the cast, live up to what’s expected of their performance.
However, it also seeks to straddle its own aspirations of delivering something new and unique, and an attempt to employ mainstream tropes in order to increase its appeal for a larger section of the audience. The film offers a simple engagement with issues of body shaming and how it gets tied with the patriarchal gaze of Indian society, while perhaps also striving for introspection of their own thoughts and perspectives on the part of the viewer.
Read LessOn the surface level, the film is light-comedy that imbibes millennial jargon and behaviours to become relatable and consumable. The lead actor playing Ganika, as well as the rest of the cast, live up to what’s expected of their performance.
However, it also seeks to straddle its own aspirations of delivering something new and unique, and an attempt to employ mainstream tropes in order to increase its appeal for a larger section of the audience. The film offers a simple engagement with issues of body shaming and how it gets tied with the patriarchal gaze of Indian society, while perhaps also striving for introspection of their own thoughts and perspectives on the part of the viewer.
