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Lipstick Under My Burkha earns Rs. 16 crores at BO

| | Aug 02, 2017, at 10:06 pm
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IBNS): Prakash Jha’s Lipstick Under My Burkha has kept its strong performance at the Indian Box Office till Tuesday as the movie earned Rs. 16 crores so far.

Film critic Taran Adarsh tweeted: "#LipstickUnderMyBurkha Tue HIGHER than Mon... [Week 2] Fri 94 lakhs, Sat 1.37 cr, Sun 1.45 cr, Mon 64 lakhs, Tue 68 lakhs. Total: ₹ 16.04 cr."

Lipstick Under My Burkha, produced by Prakash Jha, is the story of four small town women chasing their secret dreams.

The movie had earned appreciation in several international film festivals so far.

Alankrita Shrivastava's critically acclaimed movie Lipstick Under My Burkha, which explores fantasies of some women in a small town, was earlier denied certification by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).


 

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