Lipstick under my burkha
India
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2016
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Color
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117 min
Four women, aged between 18 and 55, star in this story set in a small Indian city. The first is a young university student who strives to become a pop singer, within a strict Muslim family. The second is an oppressed housewife, who tries to balance her household duties with a sales job, facing a husband who spends more time out of the house than in it. The third portrays a young woman about to enter an arranged marriage, who dreams of leaving her city, having fallen in love with a photographer with whom she begins a relationship. And finally, a widow who loves romantic novels, rediscovers the passion she thought was lost. In a realistic way, rarely seen in the Indian film market, filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava openly discusses the struggle of four women to gain their freedom in a world dominated by men and traditions.
Technical Details
Direction:
Alankrita Shrivastava
Cinematography:
Akshay Singh
Music:
Zebunnisa Bangash, Mangesh Dhakde
Language:
Hindi
Production:
Prakash Jha
Art Direction:
Vikram Singh
Sound:
Rahul Badwelkar, Abhinav Agnihotri, Sampath Alwar, Dhruv Parekh
Subtitles:
English and Spanish
Screenplay:
Alankrita Shrivastava, Gazal Dhaliwal, Suhani Kanwar
Editing:
Charu Shree Roy
Cast:
Shashank Arora, Plabita Borthakur, Sonal Jha,Aahana Kumra, Vikrant Massey, Ratna Patak,Konkona Sen Sharma
Director
Alankrita Shrivastava
Born in Mumbai, Alankrita Shrivastava began her career in the film industry as an assistant director to her uncle, Prakash Jha, one of the most internationally renowned Indian filmmakers. She has worked with him on films such as Apaharan (2005) and Raajneeti (2010). Alankrita is a director with a penchant for telling women's stories. Her films explore the inner world of Indian women. She made her directorial debut in 2011 with Turning 30!!!, where she explores the crisis a woman faces upon turning thirty. Lipstick Under My Burkha, her latest film, which had its world premiere at the Tokyo Film Festival, was released in India in April 2017, after facing serious censorship issues.
