Lipstick Under My Burkha Censored

Lipstick Under My Burkha's Alankrita Shrivastava said that the film's release is a "victory and celebration that women can tell their stories"

Lipstick Under My Burkha won critical acclaim at several international film festivals but in India, the film got stuck amidst a controversy with the Censor Board

Lipstick Under My Burkha's second trailer received a fabulous response on social media and the film's distributor Ekta Kapoor said: "I have no issue with CBFC. My problem is with the entire society"

After the announcement of The Accidental Prime Minister - a movie based on journalist Sanjaya Baru's book where actor Anupam Kher will play Manmohan Singh - Mr Nihalani has said the makers will need an NOC from the former Prime Minister, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and other real life characters depicted in the film

Ratna Pathak Shah says: "It has been given censor certificate and hopefully we will be releasing it soon. Let's wait and see. We are happy"

The Film Certification Appellate Tribunal has directed the Censor Board to grant Lipstick Under My Burkha an 'A certificate' after 'voluntary and some additional cuts and deletions'

International Women's Day: Cut to 2017, progressive minds in the Indian film industry have a question for the country's censor board, which has refused a certificate to a film in which four fiesty women discover their inner desires

Anaarkali of Aarah producer said: "They have told us to remove the names of Amitabh Bachchan and Amrish Puri (in a dialogue) fearing it might hurt sentiments"

Prakash Jha said: "CBFC has some people who have their own thought process, they interpret the guidelines their own way"

Shyam Benegal and Sudhir Mishra criticised the Central Board of Film Certification for refusing to certify Lipstick Under My Burkha

Lipstick Under My Burkha: "Someone shows guts to bring out the reality and CBFC steps in," read a tweet

A tweet from actor-director-producer Farhan Akhtar reveals the reasons why Lipstick Under Her Burkha was denied a certificate

Lipstick Under My Burkha's Alankrita Shrivastava said that the film's release is a "victory and celebration that women can tell their stories"

Lipstick Under My Burkha won critical acclaim at several international film festivals but in India, the film got stuck amidst a controversy with the Censor Board

Lipstick Under My Burkha's second trailer received a fabulous response on social media and the film's distributor Ekta Kapoor said: "I have no issue with CBFC. My problem is with the entire society"

After the announcement of The Accidental Prime Minister - a movie based on journalist Sanjaya Baru's book where actor Anupam Kher will play Manmohan Singh - Mr Nihalani has said the makers will need an NOC from the former Prime Minister, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and other real life characters depicted in the film

Ratna Pathak Shah says: "It has been given censor certificate and hopefully we will be releasing it soon. Let's wait and see. We are happy"

The Film Certification Appellate Tribunal has directed the Censor Board to grant Lipstick Under My Burkha an 'A certificate' after 'voluntary and some additional cuts and deletions'

International Women's Day: Cut to 2017, progressive minds in the Indian film industry have a question for the country's censor board, which has refused a certificate to a film in which four fiesty women discover their inner desires

Anaarkali of Aarah producer said: "They have told us to remove the names of Amitabh Bachchan and Amrish Puri (in a dialogue) fearing it might hurt sentiments"

Prakash Jha said: "CBFC has some people who have their own thought process, they interpret the guidelines their own way"

Shyam Benegal and Sudhir Mishra criticised the Central Board of Film Certification for refusing to certify Lipstick Under My Burkha

Lipstick Under My Burkha: "Someone shows guts to bring out the reality and CBFC steps in," read a tweet

A tweet from actor-director-producer Farhan Akhtar reveals the reasons why Lipstick Under Her Burkha was denied a certificate