Bollywood actress Swara Bhasker, best known for her roles in films like Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo, Veere Di Wedding, and Raanjhanaa, has often grabbed headlines for her impeccable on-screen performance. But
ever since she tied the wedding knot with politician Fahad Ahmad, fans have been wondering if she would also quit Bollywood and explore politics.
In an interview with a media portal, the actress has now addressed the long-standing question. In an interaction with DNA India, Swara opened up about why she wasn’t keen on following her husband and venturing into politics.
Swara Bhasker’s view on politics
Reflecting on what politics mean to her, Swara said, “Log mujhe humesha puchte hai aur main unhe yeh kehti hui ki politics sirf raajneeti nahi hoti. Politics also involves political awareness building, advocacy, mudde uthana, unn muddo ke liye awaaz uthana, protest karna, janta ke beech ja ke baat karna, yeh bhi politics hai (People always ask me, and I tell them that politics goes beyond the pursuit of power or positions. It also involves political awareness building, advocacy, raising issues, raising voices for those issues, protesting, going among the public and talking, this is also politics).”
Swara Bhasker’s interest in politics
She went on to add that she has never been particularly drawn to politics and sees little personal gain in it. “Of course, iska koi chunavi parinaam nahi hai. Chunavi raajneeti mein aisa khas interest tha nahi kabhi. (Of course, it has no perks. I never had such a special interest in politics.)
“Main yeh bhi batana chahungi ki main Fahad ke election campaigns mein ahem roop se judi hui thi. Maine Fahad ki campaign ke liye har kisam ka kaam kiya hai. Toh woh experience ke baad mujhe samaj mein aa gaya ki muskil hai chunavi raajneeti. Aur meri personality kitni galat hai iske liye. (But I would also like to mention that I was involved in Fahad’s election campaigns in a very important way. I did all kinds of work for Fahad’s campaign. So after that experience, I realised that politics is difficult. And my personality is so wrong for this),” she revealed.
What does Swara Bhasker think about becoming a politician?
Moving on, the actress didn’t shy away from joking about herself. She quipped, “Ek baat batau, main kuch bhi bolti hoon, toh controversy ho jaati hai. Raajneeti mein gayi toh kya daily controversy karti rahungi kya main? (I often get into controversy for my statements. If I enter politics, I will create controversies daily (laughs).”
“Mere andar mujhe nahi lagta jo raajneeti ke liye patience chaiye. Neelkanth jaise zehar apne gale mein rakhne wala, jaise Shivji ke baare mein khete hai ki unhone zehar nigal ke apne kanth mein pakad ke rakha tha. Woh quality ek ache leader aur ache neta mein honi chaiye, aur woh mere mein hai nahi. Yeh bahut muskil hai. I doubt mere bas ki baat hai. (I don’t feel that I have that patience for politics Neelkanth is the one who keeps poison in his throat, as it is said about Shivji that he swallowed poison and kept it in his throat. A good leader should have that quality, and I don’t have that. This is very difficult. I doubt it is my thing),” she added.
Swara Bhasker’s work front
The actress is currently part of the reality show Pati Patni Aur Panga with her husband and politician, Fahad Ahmad. Hosted by the ever-beautiful Sonali Bendre and Munawar Faruqui, the show gives viewers a front-row seat into the lives of celebrity couples.
Besides Swara and Fahad, fans also see lovey-dovey moments, silly fights, adorable nicknames and secret eye contact of fan-favourite couples like Gurmeet Choudhary–Debina Bonnerjee, Sudesh Lehri–Mamta Lehri, Avika Gor–Milind Chandwani, Abhinav Shukla–Rubina Dilaik, Hina Khan–Rocky Jaiswal and Geeta Phogat–Pawan.
