[rajnish manga]

Lipstick Under My Burkha
लिपस्टिक अंडर माय बुरका

As a feminist statement, it is something of a tragedy. All the four women pursue their dreams – whatever they may be – in secret. Whether it is Usha Buaji (Ratna Pathak-Shah, who is the shining light of the film with her deft touch), and her sexual awakening at 55 or young Rehana (Plabita Borthakur) trying to get out of the burkha insisted on by her parents and into the “in” scene at college or Shireen (Konkona Sen Sharma) who hides her job as a saleswoman from her overbearing, abusive, cheating husband, and finally Leela (Aahana Kumra), who has a boyfriend and dreams that do not include the planned arranged marriage, all these efforts to find themselves happen under the metaphorical burkha.

रत्ना पाठक फिल्म में बुआ जी का किरदार निभा रही हैं। वहीं कोंकणा सेन फिल्म में तीन बच्चों की मां बनी हुई हैं। फिल्म में उनके पति बने सुशांत सिंह एक ऐसे आदमी का किरदार निभा रहे हैं जो औरत को पैरों की जूती समझता है और हमेशा अपनी पत्नी से एक ही बात कहता है ‘औरत हो औरत ही बन कर रहो।