Alankrita Shrivastava’s controversial and A-rated Hindi movie “Lipstick Underneath 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 “woman oriented.” The choice created a significant stir, and the movie finally reached theatres solely after an attraction, carrying an Adults Solely score. 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 way of festivals and repeat streaming cycles. Together with the Jio Hotstar launch, the title can be out there totally free on Amazon Prime Video, which provides viewers one other option to revisit it. A Telugu dubbed model has nonetheless not been added.
Set in Bhopal, the story appears 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 solid, which incorporates Sushant Singh, Vikrant Massey, Shashank Arora, and Vaibhav Tatwawadi, provides the movie extra texture. The undertaking comes from Prakash Jha Productions, which backed it at a time when such tales weren’t frequent in mainstream Hindi cinema.