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Lipstick Under My Burkha

Lipstick Under My Burkha

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Lipstick Under My Burkha

"It takes balls to be a woman."

2017

1h 56m

6.8(107 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Four ordinary women, inflicted by silly societal norms, have to steal, lie, cheat and hide in order to lead the lives that they rightfully deserve.

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Amazon Prime Video

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Ultraplaybox Amazon Channel

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Production Companies

Balaji Motion Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Aahana Kumra

Aahana Kumra

Leela

Ratna Pathak Shah

Ratna Pathak Shah

Usha "Rosy" Buaji

Plabita Borthakur

Plabita Borthakur

Rehana Abidi

Konkona Sen Sharma

Konkona Sen Sharma

Shireen Aslam

Shashank Arora

Shashank Arora

Dhruv

Vikrant Massey

Vikrant Massey

Arshad

Sushant Singh

Sushant Singh

Rahim Aslam

Sonal Jha

Sonal Jha

Leela's mother

Mayur More

Mayur More

Michael Jackson

Akash Sisodia

Creative team

Directed by: Alankrita Shrivastava
Written by: Alankrita Shrivastava
Suhani Kanwar
Produced by: Prakash Jha

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