Summary:
Screenwriter Anuraadha Tewari has alleged that the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly Prince of Wales Museum) forced her to drop the film, Lipstick Under My Burkha, from the line-up of the recent film festival ‘India and the World: The Changing Narrative’. We are the only museum to organise a film festival like this and if Anuraadha is willing, we welcome her to organise more such events,” he said. According to Tewari, who curated the festival, the initial list of films, which was given to the museum in October included Lipstick Under My Burkha and elicited no objection. Otherwise, why would we object to a film that has already been certified by the film certification board?. “When the contents of the film were shared with our education department, they felt that the adult content of the film was very strong..