Split Wide Open Plot
The film is about Bombay and its underbelly. It weaves around different relationships - between KP (Rahul Bose) and his adopted sister Didi (Farida Haider Mulla), between television show hostess Nandita (Laila Rouass) and her guests, between US returned student Leela (Ayesha Dharker) and her wealthy businessman father Shive (Shivaji Satam). Just like Nandita's show, Split Wide Open – where the faces of the guests are always shrouded in darkness. There is a play of light and shadow throughout the film. None of the characters are totally balck or white. KP is ruthless when it comes to selling water, even to hapless slum-dwellers, but he would do anything to put a smile on his adopted sister's face. Everybody believes that his interest in Didi is nothing more than sexual, but his love turns out to be pure. Shiv, the epitome of a dirty old man, has redeeming qualities and his moments of vulnerability. Even Didi, the little beggar girl with innocent big eyes, does not seem so innocent when she prefers the good life that the wealthy man bestows on her to KP, who is ready to lay down his life for her.
