KP is a good-for-nothing hustler on a scooter, He treasures ten-year-old Didi, who sells flowers on the street and loves her very much. But one day, Didi disappears and KP starts a search for her. Split Wide Open is a talk show that reveals the secrets and shames of life. The confessions of secret sexual lives are shocking and far from the image of India we usually think of. Nanrita, the show host, meets KP who is desperately seeking Didi. In the film, scenes of KP, the slums of Bombay, and the talk show are juxtaposed and suddenly collide, along with the lives of KP and Nanrita The life of metropolitan Bombay, where English, Evian, and broadcasting are the symbols of power and wealth, and where there is no difference between good intentions and breaches of iustice, is revealed through the eyes of camera. KP and Nanrita, riding the scooter, point the camera at themselves and their lives. Calit Wide Open is Deve Benegal′s second feature. His feature debut English, August in 1994. Leralded the arrival of a new generation of Indian film-making, and has been invited to the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival in 1999. (Kim Mee-Hyun)