Lipstick Under My Burkha

Name: Lipstick Under My Burkha
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: September 8, 2017
Duration: 117 min
Cast: Aahana Kumra, Akaber Bukhari, Disha Arora, Konkona Sen Sharma, Mukesh Aditya

2017

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| Release Date: September 8, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Aahana Kumra, Akaber Bukhari, Disha Arora, Konkona Sen Sharma, Mukesh Aditya, Plabita Borthakur, Ratna Pathak, Savita Bhargav, Sawstika Chokraberty, Shashank Arora

Summary: Trapped in their own worlds, four women claim their desires through secret acts of rebellion. In small-town India, a burkha-clad college girl struggles with issues of cultural identity and her aspirations to become a pop singer. A young beautician seeks to elope with her lover and escape the claustrophobia of her small town. An oppressedTrapped in their own worlds, four women claim their desires through secret acts of rebellion. In small-town India, a burkha-clad college girl struggles with issues of cultural identity and her aspirations to become a pop singer. A young beautician seeks to elope with her lover and escape the claustrophobia of her small town. An oppressed housewife and mother of three lives the alternate life of an enterprising saleswoman. A 55-year-old widow rediscovers her sexuality through a phone romance. Caught in a conservative society, these women set forth to break the mould, in search of a little freedom.… Expand

Director: Alankrita Shrivastava

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 117 min

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Katie Walsh

Sep 7, 2017

The rousing Indian drama Lipstick Under My Burkha, co-written and directed by Alankrita Shrivastava, takes on the repressive traditions around gender and sexuality in that country with refreshing candor and humor. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava presents a vivid setting, a post-“gas tragedy” Bhopal full of working class/middle class life and clashing gender mores. Read full review

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