Lipstick Under Burkha Movie Review

Sense of a woman alankrita shrivastava s film about four women oppressed by patriarchy offers a unique gaze and performances that are in sync with the film s tone july 21 2017 5 minute read.

Lipstick under burkha movie review. The biggest disappointments of lipstick under my burkha are its sex scenes. Lipstick under my burkha movie review. Plot summary add synopsis. In the final moments of lipstick under my burkha as the four protagonists face the explosive consequences of their perceived rebellions we hear firecrackers bursting in the background.

Though stifled and trapped in their worlds these four women claim their desires through small acts of courage and stealthy rebellion. It is the second big screen project as a director for alankrita shrivastava and she delivers it to perfection. The best part is all four women and their stories and setups are perfectly real. Devoid of any heat photographed in the most unimaginative manner and calculated to a fault the sex scenes in.

The good news is this movie is a perfect paragon of it. In the prosaic lives of four ordinary women in. 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. Lipstick under my burkha is both relevant and relatable.

Lipstick under my burkha is not a perfect movie but shrivastava tries mightily to bring attention to the struggles of women in everyday india.