Lipstick Under My Burkha Wins The Global Sustainability Film Awards In London!
Lipstick Under My Burkha bags the top award at the Global Sustainability Film Awards in London and the film-makers are delighted that their film is being awarded all over the world.
The
film
Lipstick
Under
My
Burkha,
which
explores
women's
sexuality,
has
bagged
a
top
prize
at
the
tye
Global
Sustainability
Film
Awards
in
London.
The
Founder's
Award
for
Sustainability
on
the
Big
Screen
was
introduced
this
year
and
sponsored
by
philanthropist
Surina
Narula.
Judges
for
the
Founder's
Award
for
Sustainability
on
the
Big
Screen
were
Richard
Creasey,
managing
director
of
BFC
Media
Ltd,
owner
of
Moscow's
first
IMAX
theatre;
Denise
Parkinson,
entertainment
director,
global
and
UK
for
the
Telegraph
Media
Group,
and
Surina
Narula.
The
panel
was
chaired
by
award-winning
cinematographer,
director
and
screenwriter
Steven
Bernstein.
Lipstick
Under
My
Burkha
is
produced
by
Prakash
Jha
and
directed
by
Alankrita
Shrivastava
and
stars
Konkona
SenSharma
and
Ratna
Pathak
Shah
among
others.
Actor
Gabriella
Wright,
also
a
film
producer
and
philanthropist
working
for
women's
rights,
received
the
award
from
Narula,
on
behalf
of
the
filmmakers.
She
said
she
felt
an
emotional
bond
with
the
film
as
the
issue
was
very
close
to
her
heart.