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Alankrita Shrivastava is an Indian screenwriter, director and producer. Having made her debut as a director in 2011, she has since won accolades such as the Grand Prix at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival and a nomination for a Filmfare Award for the critically acclaimed film Lipstick Under My Burkha .
She is the writer-director of Lipstick Under My Burkha which garnered praise and acclaim from audiences and critics worldwide, winning numerous awards at prestigious international film festivals including Tokyo, Glasgow, MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, and IFFLA.
Mar 29, 2021 · 2 min read. For Indian filmmakers, there’s already self-censorship, a conscious level of censorship where you know which country you are in, what you can do, thus the mind doesn’t go there at all —...
“We need more women. We need women in every writers’ room,” says Alankrita Shrivastava, 42.
Jul 19, 2017 · Alankrita Shrivastava Interview: The Director Whose Movie Was Labelled ‘Fantasy’ When It Wasn’t. By Aswathy Gopalakrishnan. Jul 19,2017. The second trailer of Alankrita Shrivastava’s Lipstick Under My Burkha is underlined with a mischievous sense of humour.
Aug 19, 2017 · Alankrita Shrivastava is an award-winning feature film director and screenwriter from Mumbai with a penchant for telling women’s stories. She likes to explore the interior world of women through her films.
That is problematic to me: Alankrita Shrivastava. Hindustan Times | By Natasha Rego. Sep 27, 2020 09:46 AM IST. The director of Lipstick Under My Burkha discusses feminism, Dalit representation...
Oct 19, 2020 · Contesting the CBFC’s decision in order to achieve a mass theatrical release for the film was an uphill battle, but filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava was determined to triumph. She took to social media and called the CBFC’s decision an assault on women’s rights and freedom of expression.
Alankrita Srivastava is most well known for her critically acclaimed film Lipstick Under My Burkha (2016) that challenges mainstream narratives on women and gender. “I enjoy telling stories about complicated female characters.”, stated Alankrita in an interview with The Telegraph.
Mar 10, 2021 · Alankrita Shrivastava, the creator-director of Bombay Begums, understands women well. Lipstick Under My Burkha proved it well enough and so did her recent Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare. Like in her previous work, Alankrita explores flawed women — in body and mind.
