Film banned from cinemas for its ‘contagious sex scenes’,makes its debut after lengthy battle with censorsAn award-winning Hindi film initially banned from cinemas for being too “lady-oriented” has made its debut across India in what its director hailed as a major victory for women. Lipstick Under My Burkha, which depicts the secret world, and including the sex lives,of four small-town Indian women, was released at the weekend after months of wrangling with the country’s notoriously prudish censors. Related: I’m fighting the ban on my film Lipstick Under My Burkha. Ordinary Indian women need a voice | Alankrita Shrivastava Thank you for all your support for #LipstickUnderMyBurkha against this ridiculous regressiveness. We won't be silenced. #CensorTheCensors pic.twitter.com/sBSSbx5FRyContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com