CBFC Has Denied Certification To 'Lipstick Under My Burkha' For A Really Bizarre Reason!
CBFC has refused to pass the movie Lipstick Under My Burkha because it has women fantasizing about sex. Farhan Akhtar took to Twitter to share CBFCs reason for refusing to certify the film. And Twitter outraged for all the right reasons.
The Censor Board is back in news and for all the wrong reasons. The CBFC has refused to pass the movie Lipstick Under My Burkha because it has women fantasizing about sex. No, we are not kidding. A Mumbai Mirror report claims that CBFC has refused to pass the film because ¡°the story is lady oriented, their fantasy above life¡±, ¡°contanious [sic] sexual scenes¡±, and ¡°audio pornography¡±.
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Farhan Akhtar took to Twitter to share CBFC's reason for refusing to certify the film.
Below is the reason CBFC listed for denying #LipstickUnderMyBurkha a release. Keep your barf bag ready.. pic.twitter.com/NFO42sRJIb
¡ª Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) February 23, 2017
And Twitter outraged for all the right reasons.
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Change the script to a woman doing daily chores, subject her to eve teasing, add a rape scene, get her to gyrate and voila. It'll pass. https://t.co/vpMJFiRT8U
¡ª Caralisa Monteiro (@runcaralisarun) February 23, 2017
So this gets a full country release but lipstick under my burkha can't because of "female sexuality and desires"? pic.twitter.com/Bcj8Y4Z3Td
¡ª Akriti Paracer (@akrii_p) February 23, 2017
