Lipstick Under My Burkha

Although our heroines have come into their own in contemporary cinema, many films — even today — are made from the point of view of a male gaze. We analyse the changing portrayal of women in the movies
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Cheekily juxtaposing an everyday beauty product and the burkha in the title to indicate undercurrents, this film sparked a fresh debate on feminism in Bollywood
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For Lipstick Under My Burkha – a feisty film that created a stir for the tale it tells from women’s perspectives.....
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