I believe one of the most important moments in the film is when one of the women are speaking to the fact that she doesn’t agree with a lot of the pageant’s practices. She stated that she personally doesn’t like wearing a bikini, but she must do it for this title, so she does. That was only one woman’s opinion. I’m sure one, if not more, had an issue with the skin whitening sessions, botox injections, and constantly objectifying herself, all covered with that “Miss India” smile to say that they’re happy to be there. It’s cruel that so many women must use this as their only opportunity to make a life for themselves and their families.

As for Prachi Trivedi, it might be said that one can see the uncertainty in her responses to some of the questions she’s asked through her ‘half-smile’/ facial expressions after she’s done speaking. She says that she’s willing to die as well as kill for her beliefs, saying that she will help construct a bomb if the time comes, but she isn’t convincing in how she articulates her reasons for feeling so passionately. Ultimately, I believe both groups of women are trapped in their society and are searching for an escape, whether they wholeheartedly stand by their actions or not, I believe they’re just looking for options out of the lives that have been prescribed to them.