Movies like Lipstick Under My Burkha (2017)
The best movies like Lipstick Under My Burkha (2017) are Dharam Sankat Mein (2015), Tumhari Sulu (2017) and Masaan (2015). If Lipstick Under My Burkha hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedHindi Medium (2017)7.4/10 from 225 votes
- NewestSister Midnight (2025)Released 2025
- In HindiDharam Sankat Mein (2015)Also in Hindi
Dharam Sankat Mein (2015)
The film revolves around a Hindu man (Paresh Rawal) who goes through an identity crisis when he discovers he was adopted as a son in a Hindu family but was born in a Muslim family. The journey starts with finding his real father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Tumhari Sulu (2017)
A happy-go-lucky Mumbai suburban housewife Sulochana, fondly known as Sulu, lands the role of a night RJ, resulting in drastic changes to her routine life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMasaan (2015)
Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAngry Indian Goddesses (2015)
A photographer invites her closest friends to vacation at her family's home in Goa in celebration of her upcoming marriage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSukhee (2023)
Sukhpreet ‘Sukhee’ Kalra, a 38-year-old Punjabi housewife, goes to Delhi to attend her school reunion. Sukhee relives the 17-year-old version of herself whilst going through a plethora of experiences in a span of just seven days, coming out rekindled, reborn and making the most difficult transition in her life – from being a wife and a mother to being a woman again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Hindi Medium (2017)
Mita and Raj Batra, an affluent couple from Delhi’s Chandni Chowk, are grappling with getting their daughter admission into an English medium school. But there is one big problem. Their zubaan is Hindi, and the elitist snobs won’t let the Hindi speaking hoi-polloi fit in.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBadhaai Do (2022)
A gay cop and a lesbian teacher enter a sham marriage to pacify their families but find that relationships — both real and fake — aren't all that easy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEk Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019)
Sweety has to contend with her over-enthusiastic family that wants her to get married but the ultimate truth is that her love might not find acceptance in her family and society.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisJayeshbhai Jordaar (2022)
A non-confrontational Jayesh decides to defy his patriarchal family and flee with his pregnant wife Mudra to save their unborn daughter from foeticide. A screwball, hilarious chase begins as Jayesh's father assembles all his might to nab them. Will this unlikely hero manage to create a safe and equal haven for his daughter?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Queen (2014)
Rani, a 24-year-old homely girl, decides to go on her honeymoon alone when her fiancé calls off the wedding. Traveling around Europe, she finds joy, makes friends, and gains new-found independence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAngrezi Medium (2020)
When his daughter decides to further her studies in London, a hardworking Haryanvi businessman does everything in power to make her dreams come true.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPiku (2015)
A taxi driver is caught between a dysfunctional relationship between a woman and her father as he drives them to Kolkata.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisParched (2015)
In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMargarita with a Straw (2015)
A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEnglish Vinglish (2012)
In the United States for the first time, an Indian housewife with a limited command of English turns Manhattan into her personal language school.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey (2022)
Jayabharathi who was denied every simple joy in life while growing up just because she is a girl/woman is married to Rajesh, a male chauvinist, short-tempered and selfish person. On suffering domestic violence, she doesn't get any support. She then decides to fight back!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDolly Kitty and Those Twinkling Stars (2020)
A disillusioned Delhi wife (Dolly), and her new-in-town cousin (Kitty), navigate damning secrets, dreams and their thorny dynamic on their respective roads to freedom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Maja Ma (2022)
A rumour about an unassuming housewife threatens to disrupt her middle-class family's life on the eve of her son's engagement.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Mast Mein Rehne Ka (2023)
A man chooses an old widower's home for his first robbery, kicking off a set of events that have them both look at life in a new way and with new companions in the starkness of the city of Mumbai.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Qarib Qarib Singlle (2017)
Yogi and Jaya, who have polar opposite personalities and sensibilities, meet via an online dating app. This encounter turns into so much more when the two travel to Rishikesh.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDum Laga Ke Haisha (2015)
A slim uneducated guy is pressured into an arranged marriage with an overweight college girl. The mismatched couple is challenged to compete in the annual wife-carrying race.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDoor Ke Darshan (2020)
When the matriarch of a dysfunctional family wakes up after a long induced coma, the members of the household set aside their differences to help her adapt to the changes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Thappad (2020)
A young woman's life is shattered into pieces when her husband slaps her at a party, causing her to question what this relationship stands for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTottaa Pataaka Item Maal (2019)
Four women from Delhi, NCR and Gurgaon, tired of dealing with the incessant fear or rape, decide to teach one man how it feels to be afraid of being raped, on a daily basis.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Badhaai Ho (2018)
A 25-year-old man tries to suppress his embarrassment when his mother announces that she is pregnant.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTikli and Laxmi Bomb (2017)
Two sex workers decide to kick men out of the system and form a cooperative that runs the business for women and by women. How do they do things differently? And how far can they get under and overarching and overbearing patriarchy?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Sister Midnight (2025)
An arranged marriage in Mumbai, a cowardly, slacker husband and a slum of a house: the very ingredients that cause Uma to slowly transform into a feral and ruthless figure guided by her wildest impulses.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMrs. (2023)
A newly wed finds herself in an overcooked and tasteless happily ever-after laced with patriarchal traditions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Darlings (2022)
Badru hopes her volatile husband will reform if he stops drinking. But when his rage goes too far, she and her mom boldly, albeit clumsily, seek revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChhatriwali (2023)
Sanya is an unemployed chemistry genius looking for a job. However, she also wants to use her knowledge of chemistry to help young minds move beyond the taboos of sex with the right education.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Lipstick Under My Burkha?
The closest matches to Lipstick Under My Burkha are Dharam Sankat Mein (2015), Tumhari Sulu (2017) and Masaan (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Lipstick Under My Burkha?
People who watched Lipstick Under My Burkha most often go on to Dharam Sankat Mein (2015), Tumhari Sulu (2017) and Masaan (2015).
What is the highest-rated movie like Lipstick Under My Burkha?
Hindi Medium (2017), rated 7.4/10 by 225 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Lipstick Under My Burkha?
Sister Midnight (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Hindi movies like Lipstick Under My Burkha?
Yes: Dharam Sankat Mein (2015), Tumhari Sulu (2017) and Masaan (2015).
How are movies similar to Lipstick Under My Burkha chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Lipstick Under My Burkha, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.