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.

Fit India | Short Film Nominee

When the story begins, it gives you the impression that it will be one dealing with discrimination and the rejection of a person's identity simply because he did not conform to the preexisting order of things. As we get more involved in the protagonist's experiences, there is also an engagement with the unkindness and emotional isolation he was subjected to by not only his peers, but also loved ones due to his sexual orientation and weight issues. However what the film hasn't prepared you for are the dark, devastating consequences all these experiences are leading up to. When the truth finally arrives, what would be the fate of the protagonist and of those who were once cruel to him?

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