NEW DELHI: The Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) has directed the Censor Board to grant an ‘A’ certificate to the film “Lipstick Under My Burkha”, which was earlier refused certification by the Board.
The FCAT has directed that the film be granted certification with “voluntary and some additional cuts and deletions” while observing that the cuss words and intimate scenes shown in the film were integral to the storyline.
The Central Board of Film Certification’s (CBFC) Examining and Revising Committee had refused certification to the film saying “women in the film are shown in bad light, particularly targeting women of certain community which might hurt sentiments.”
Following the CBFC’s decision, the film’s director Alankrita Srivastava and producer Prakash Jha had filed an appeal in the FCAT.
The makers have maintained that the film revolves around the lives of four women seeking freedom for their desires, dreams and aspirations through small acts of courage and stealthy rebellion against patriarchy.
The FCAT, headed by former Delhi Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin, observed that the CBFC “misdirected themselves in denying certification” to the women-oriented film. (AGENCIES)
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