Ratna Pathak Shah leads the pack with a performance that shines effortlessly. The humour is witty and laced with the right dose of sarcasm and pun. On the contrary to the expectations, Lipstick Under My Burkha has several light and entertaining moments. Also Read - Ratna Pathak Shah's comment on Karwa Chauth being 'regressive' gets trolled on social media netizens say, 'So much hate against the nation'ĭirector Alankrita Shrivastava is clear that she's not making a bra burning women's rights activism based film. Lipstick Under My Burkha is a story of women striving to express themselves freely in a society that teaches them to mute their feelings.
All these women are surrounded by patriarchal figures and male counterparts in the forms of husbands, friends and lovers to suppress their basic desire to be happy. Leela (Aahana Kumra) uses sex as a token of expressing her power in a failing relationship with a boy from a different caste and Usha (Ratna Pathak Shah) who is the oldest in the group reads erotic short stories to live out her fantasies of transcending the age barrier to sexually liberate herself. Shireen (Konkona Sen Sharma) is a salesgirl by day and a sex toy for her husband at night whose only wish is for her partner to love her like a man loves a woman. Rehana (Plabita Borthakur) is a college student whose aspiration to be a desi Miley Cyrus is crushed under the weight of her Burkha stitching sewing machine. This beautifying accessory is the common link that binds the struggle of four women across different age groups and social backgrounds living in the same locality.
A lipstick can be as dangerous as a gun and a symbol of rebellion.
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