Lipstick under my burka

Film program, IN 2016, 117 min., hindi OV + engl. UT

By: Alankrita Shrivastava

With: Ratna Pathak, Aahana Kumra, Konkone Sen Sharma, Plabita Borthakur

A schoolgirl forced to wear a burkha starts to discover her sexuality. A 55-year old widow develops a desire for a young swim teacher. A married woman tries to find her way outside of household and family. And a sexually liberated young woman plans to escape her arranged marriage and elope with her muslim lover. Four women searching for personal liberation in conservative India