To the lipstick dreams: Lipstick under my Burkha
“Yeh kya dekhne aa Gaye, yeh toh bohot gandi movie hai!”- when a certain citizen blurted out this dimwitted remark in the cinema hall, I immediately realised that India has to go a long way, to understand women’s desires, needs and psychology. The censor board was too frightened to let a “women centric” film, shake the nation to its awakening, and spread awareness about topics which are omnipresent and natural- such as the rights of a woman! Still, the four women from different age groups, in the city of Bhopal, went on dreaming, scheming, and pursuing their ideas of liberation. Whether it is young college student Rehana (Plabita Borthakur) trying to be a part of the “cool” college crowd by adopting their manners; Leela (Aahana Kumra) a parlour employee who dreams to travel and shares a passionate tryst with her photographer boyfriend while juggling a fiancé; Shireen (Konkona Sen Sharma) a married saleswoman, who lacks the courage t...