Lipstick Under My Burkha

Film showcases the life of four women's ranging from teenage girl to the one in her 60's and how they have different desires and how society norms and culture bounds them to fly, but even after facing all the odds and obstacles in their way, they still manages to find their way to claim their desires through small acts of courage but secrets reveals and according to the law every actions has its opposite and equal reactions is what movie is all about. Alankrita Shrivastava skillfully tells the stories which supported equally well by its ensemble cast especially hatsoff to Mam Ratna Pathak Shah who opted for "Usha aka Buaji" an aged women with bold desires and she has nailed it with her Lit performance. The film was the bold step towards women empowerment and women's quest for their freedom on daily basis. Film didn't get its due credit as it should, may be because of its bold screenplay and storytelling but it should be watched

A power packed quest to break the barriers set for women.

This movie may be slight boring and irritating if you are looking for entertainment. But if you like to see true picture of our Indian society this is the best movie..Director Alankrita Shrivastava disparately want to show us mirror, and thats why she has not taken 1 or 2, but chosen 4 types of woman characters and successfully portrayed.

I don't think its 50 or 60%, but most of men or woman, specifically woman, forced to live a life, imposed by our Indian society, which director bravely depicted in this movie.

Aahana, Ratna, Konkona & Plabita, played their role flawlessly, and director had very good grip on movie, all the time..

Lipstick Under My Burkha is a rather over rated film. It is watchable and reasonably interesting though not extraordinarily so.

It appears that this movie got a great deal of extra publicity only because it was banned initially. Why it was banned is anyone's guess for there is absolutely nothing in it to warrant a censure let alone a ban. Anyway, all publicity in this business is good so to that extent the ban gave LUMB a better 'must watch' factor!

The plot is about 4 women, their lives, their feelings. It is somewhat stretched, somewhat disjointed and somewhat connected. The acting was good, the cinematography good, the sets realistic but something was missing.

LUMB is watchable but it is certainly not a brilliant film by any stretch of the imagination.

I like the fact the movies touches a serious topic but theres also places where they've chosen a lighter and comedic note to convey the point. Its sad but true how women are judged so brutally on their character even for the slightest common things like wearing clothes of their own choice, choosing partners, their career, their family life. The four characters of different ages in the same society (same house) try their best to deal with their lives but because the society as a whole cannot be changed the end makes one think on a lot of topics and how feminism is still needed.