Taking the veil off women’s hidden desires

The trailer talks of curtains — the ones that hide women in our society and the ones that hide their desires as well. The film follows four feisty women from Bhopal secretly chasing their dreams and rebelling in their own little way against the conventional identities and boundaries they are boxed in. Through the colourful prism of the double lives of these women, Lipstick Under My Burkha explores the many shades of female desire. 

Produced by director Prakash Jha and directed by Alankrita Srivastava, the film stars National Award-winning actor Konkona Sena Sharma, Ratna Pathak Shah, Aahana Kumra and Plabita Borthakur. Judging by the trailer, these women look like they’re up to a whole lot of fun. And isn’t living out the life you’ve always wanted just that?