Lipstick Under My Burkha Wins 'Audience Award' At The Glasgow Film Festival!
Lipstick Under My Burkha wins the Audience Award at the Glasgow Film Festival 2017 and director Alankrita Shrivastava is very happy about the development.
Prakash
Jha's
controversial
film
Lipstick
Under
My
Burkha
was
left
high
and
dry
as
the
CBFC
denied
to
certify
the
film
as
it
was
too
"lady
oriented".
However,
the
film
is
getting
appreciation
abroad
at
various
film
festivals
across
the
globe.
Lipstick
Under
My
Burkha
has
just
bagged
the
'Audience
Award'
at
the
Glasgow
Film
Festival
2017
today
and
the
film-makers
are
very
proud
of
this
feat.
Director
Alankrita
Shrivastava
was
happy
that
the
film
bagged
an
award
and
said,
"I
am
so
deeply
honoured
that
Lipstick
Under
My
Burkha
has
won
the
ScotRail
Audience
Award
at
the
Glasgow
Film
Festival.
Right
now,
when
the
film
has
been
denied
certification
for
exhibition
in
India
because
it
is
a
women-centric
film
with
a
female
point
of
view,
I
think
the
award
could
not
have
been
more
timely."
She
further
commented,
"The
fact
that
the
people
of
Glasgow
have
loved
the
film
is
an
affirmation
of
the
relevance
of
the
film
across
cultures
and
nations.
It
is
an
affirmation
of
the
fact
that
women's
stories
need
to
be
told,
through
the
female
point
of
view.
This
award
gives
me
hope.
It
gives
me
courage.
It
makes
me
believe
that
as
women,
we
must
continue
to
tell
our
stories,
undeterred
by
those
who
want
to
silence
us."
Lipstick
Under
My
Burkha
stars
Konkona
Sen
and
Ratna
Pathak
in
the
lead
roles
and
the
film
chronicles
the
secret
lives
of
four
women
of
different
ages
in
a
small
town
in
India
as
they
search
for
different
kinds
of
freedom
for
themselves.