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Reena Mohan.
1998. 83 min. India.
Original Language:
ENGLISH, HINDI, MARATHI, TAMIL, BENGALI
Skin
Deep is an exploration of body images and self perception
among contemporary urban, middle class women in India - feelings
of being too dark, too fat, too old that everyone experiences
and attempts to come to terms with. In India, as elsewhere,
a woman's identity is first and foremost an extension of her
physicality, whether by societal dictates or her own complicity.
The film traces the dynamics of the eternal search for the
ideal femininity and how it permeates the self-image of contemporary
women. Shot in the form of a "docu-feature", it recreates
interviews with various women into six first-person narratives
which comprise the structure of the film. It is a playful,
engrossing and articulate film on women's complicated and
contradictory relationships with their bodies.
About the Director ...
Reena Mohan
is a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India
and is the editor of a number of acclaimed non-fiction films.
Her first directorial work was Kamlabai, based on the life
of the first actress of Indian cinema. This film won the National
Award and the Best Film by a Debutante Director Award in MIFF.
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