'Even Major Media Channels...': Swara Bhasker Calls Padmaavat Row 'Constructed Controversy'

Swara Bhasker has always shared her views without any filters, and recently, she was landed in a massive controversy for her remarks against the Jauhar scene in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat. Now, in an interview, the actress has opened up about the controversy and described it as ‘constructed’, claiming that trolls are making money by targeting her online.

Speaking to Screen,Swara Bhasker said, “I don’t understand. This is a 9- or 10-year-old controversy. I have already got the same gaalis for it in 2018 when that open letter came out. Now I’m only answering a question about what the open letter was for, which I have already been abused for, and the controversy is done and dusted. Now, again, you’re angry about the same thing that you were

angry about 10 years ago. I don’t get it. And you’re not just misconstruing. You are lying about what I said.”

“Earlier, I thought they didn’t understand English, so I said it in Hindi. I said that if I had been a rape survivor and I watched that glorification, I would feel like a coward. I’m saying ‘I’ would feel like a coward. Even major media channels, for God’s sake, are reporting that Swara Bhaskar calls Jauhar an act of cowardice or the Jauhar women are cowards. Honestly, I felt that was a constructed controversy. There was an organized, very self-conscious sort of decision to keep that controversy alive,” she further continued and added.

Swara Bhasker Slams Trolls

She further continued and, while slamming the trolls, added, “Some people are getting jobs in my name. They spent the whole day training the army, doing the same thing that is to troll Swara Bhasker. I always say to people, if your job is coming out of having my name in the headlines and lying about me, misquoting me, constantly naming me and harassing me, targeting me, then kindly send a Diwali hamper this year with a thank you note.”

What Did Swara Say About Jauhar Scene?

“I’m watching this, these 800 women committing Jauhar, and I was like, yaar, if I had been, God forbid, if I was a rape survivor, what is this film telling me?I would feel like a coward, that I didn’t kill myself to save my honour. Is that what you want to tell in a society like ours, where I feel like there’s anyway a rape epidemic?” she said.