Whole Sum Parts

A top beauty brand is shooting an interview-style ad campaign. The subjects are two sophisticated young urban women who seem to have it all and want for nothing - “No complaints here!” But the cracks in the veneer show up soon enough as the insecurities, fears and moments of clarity take over, in a train-wreck you can’t look away form. Moving beyond just their story, the show digs into the lives of women of all shapes, ages and sizes, and the lies we tell ourselves about how good we feel in each of our tireless and complicated journeys of constantly altering and “improving” the bodies that carry us.

Language English, some Hindustani and Marathi

Performers Archana Patel Nandi and Samridhi Dewan

Writer and Director Saudamini Kalra

@images courtesy NCPA Mumbai, Taj Bangalore, @Deepali Apte, @Vikram Joshi