Set in the crowded by-lanes of small town India, Lipstick Under My Burkha chronicles the secret lives of four women in search of a little freedom. Though stifled and trapped in their worlds, these four women claim their desires through small acts of courage and stealthy rebellion.... (Full plot summary below)
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Set in the crowded by-lanes of small town India, Lipstick Under My Burkha chronicles the secret lives of four women in search of a little freedom. Though stifled and trapped in their worlds, these four women claim their desires through small acts of courage and stealthy rebellion.
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| Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshThe 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. |
| Film Companion ReviewsAnupama ChopraThis story of four ordinary women who seek small joys was buoyed by wonderful performances - especially by Ratna Pathak Shah. |
| FilmfareRachit GuptaLipstick Under My Burkha is both relevant and relatable. The best part is, all four women and their stories and setups are perfectly real. |
| Birth.Movies.Death.Siddhant AdlakhaIt may not offer all the answers or some ultimate victory for its entrapped women, but it's enough to help celebrate scattered moments of joy and rebellion amidst dreams of something better. |
| Scroll.inNandini RamnathThe script wobbles as the four tracks evolve and get far too complicated to be smoothly straightened out, but it is at its entertaining best when the women get all hot and heavy. |
| Kaplan vs. KaplanJeanne Kaplan"Lipstick Under My Burkha" is not a perfect movie, but Shrivastava tries mightily to bring attention to the struggles of women in everyday India. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreFilmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava presents a vivid setting, a post-“gas tragedy” Bhopal full of working class/middle class life and clashing gender mores. |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeCutting between the four stories, director Alankrita Shrivastava is effective in capturing the hectic character of a community where homes are packed close together and everybody is constantly watching what the neighbours are doing. |
| User ReviewFong KConstrued as too feminist in orientation and initially banned in India, this comedy alarms censors for its bold and honest assertion of female sexual liberation in a male chauvinist culture when they could be more afraid of its urgent and pointed social criticism. |
| User ReviewSean P"You know what our problem is? We dream too much?" That quote is devastating. It comes from the movie Lipstick Under My Burkha from writer director Alankrita Shrivastava. It's a remarkable film about four wonderful characters staring into the face of oppression and still trying to live their dreams. Lipstick is only Shrivastava's second directorial feature and yet she directs with the surety and beauty of a veteran filmmaker. Her eye and ear are perfectly in tune to her characters, who each have big beautiful beating hearts. https://geeks.media/movie-review-lipstick-under-my-burkha?_ga=2.96854367.1126457623.1513947710-953607229.1513947710 |
