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`Lipstick Under My Burkha` is a film that started a war of thoughts, freedom and will within the country, has won its battle against the patriarchal thoughts and social stereotypes. The film which finally got a certificate is set to walk free to create ripple effects at the box office on July 21. It took rounds of various international film festivals and winning innumerable awards for its content. `Lipstick Under My Burkha` ( LUMB ) celebrates that very spirit. After a 6 month battle with the censor board that `called it – `audio pornography`, `sexually contagious` and deemed it `too lady oriented`. Balaji Motion Pictures shared the news with a very brave poster, which shows off a middle finger to all those who were hampering its release. Earlier, the film was supposed to be released on October 26 , 2016. The film saw immense support in its fight for a clearance from the industry and elsewhere. Balaji states that there are movies that are made with the intent to entertain, to make you laugh, cry, whistle and more. And then there are movies like `Lipstick Under my Burkha`, that pepper all of these with a dash of rebellion. Such movies are rare phenomenons, so rare that they deserve more than the accolades bestowed on it, they deserve to be shown to the world with no discrimination on community, gender, age or social strata.
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