Women-centric movies have found a place in our film industry. There were times when you needed a hero for a movie to work but things are changing. Now a movie with a woman protagonist and having a good story works great too. We have seen this with movies like Queen, Angry Indian Goddesses, Parched, Pink among a few.
The teaser trailer of Lipstick Under My Burkha was released and we can say it seems like another promising movie focusing on the lives of women. The movie starring Ratna Pathak Shah, Konkona Sen Sharma, Aahana Kumra, Plabita Borthakur, Sushant Singh and Vikrant Massey is directed by Alankrita Shrivastava and produced by Prakash Jha.
Watch the trailer here.
The movie is about four feisty women from the bustling bylanes of old Bhopal, quietly chase their dreams, rebelling in small ways against the conventional identities they are boxed in. Through the colorful prism of the double lives of these women, the film explores the many shades of female desire.
A college girl struggles with issues of cultural identity and her aspirations to become a pop singer. A young beautician seeks to elope with her lover and escape the claustrophobia of her small town. An oppressed housewife and mother of three, lives the alternate life of an enterprising saleswoman. A 55-year-old widow rediscovers her sexuality through a phone romance.
Caught in a conservative society, these women set forth to break the mould, in search of a little freedom.