Alankrita Shrivastava’s controversial and A-rated Hindi movie “Lipstick Beneath My Burkha” (2017) is now streaming on Jio Hotstar, giving the drama one other shot at digital visibility.
The CBFC had initially refused to certify the movie, objecting to the way it handled sexuality and tagging it as “girl oriented.” The choice created a serious stir, and the movie finally reached theatres solely after an enchantment, carrying an Adults Solely ranking. That censorship battle ended up shaping how the movie was talked about each at dwelling and internationally.
Its theatrical enterprise was modest, however the movie has lived on by festivals and repeat streaming cycles. Together with the Jio Hotstar launch, the title can be accessible at no cost on Amazon Prime Video, which supplies viewers one other technique to revisit it. A Telugu dubbed model has nonetheless not been added.
Set in Bhopal, the story seems to be at 4 girls who attempt to carve out small pockets of freedom in an atmosphere that continually shuts them down. The performances by Konkona Sen Sharma, Ratna Pathak Shah, Aahana Kumra, and Plabita Borthakur nonetheless maintain up strongly, and the supporting forged, which incorporates Sushant Singh, Vikrant Massey, Shashank Arora, and Vaibhav Tatwawadi, provides the movie further texture. The undertaking comes from Prakash Jha Productions, which backed it at a time when such tales weren’t frequent in mainstream Hindi cinema.