Lipstick Under My Burkha

Jul 21, 2017

1h 56m

★ 6.8

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Balaji Motion Pictures

Prakash Jha Productions

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Cast

Leela

Aahana Kumra

Usha "Rosy" Buaji

Ratna Pathak Shah

Rehana Abidi

Plabita Borthakur

Shireen Aslam

Konkona Sen Sharma

Dhruv

Shashank Arora

Arshad

Vikrant Massey

Rahim Aslam

Sushant Singh

Leela's mother

Sonal Jha

Michael Jackson

Mayur More

Akash Sisodia

Vaibhav Tatwawadi

Abidi

Anwar Khan

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