Actress Swara Bhaskar has come into controversy after her statement on the Jauhar scene of the 2018 film ‘Padmavat’. During an event in Delhi, he had raised questions on the Jauhar scene of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film. After the statement, it was claimed on social media that Swara had called Queen Padmavati and the women who performed Jauhar as cowards. After heavy trolling, on Tuesday, Swara released a video on Instagram and gave clarification. Swara said that she did not call Rani Padmavati a coward, but her statement has been misrepresented. Controversy started over the statement given at an event in Delhi. This entire controversy started during the ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ talk organized at India International Center in Delhi on 31 August. At the event, Swara, while referring to the Jauhar scene of the film, said that it can send a wrong message to the rape survivors. He further said, ‘Do we want to tell survivors that they do not deserve to live, that if you were a truly honorable and brave woman, you would have killed yourself? Are we saying that rape is the end of a woman’s life? In one scene, the stomach of a pregnant woman who is about to perform Jauhar is shown. Swara had said, “I was very angry after seeing this and I said ‘shit’ in the theater itself. After thinking for 5 days, I wrote an open letter to director Sanjay Leela Bhansali.” After his statement, people on social media accused him of insulting the historical sacrifice. Clarified by sharing Instagram video: On Tuesday, Swara Bhaskar shared a video on her Instagram account. She said, “A clip of mine is going viral on social media. I was asked why I had written an open letter after watching Padmaavat. I want to clarify that I did not call Queen Padmavati or the other women in the palace cowards. If you have to abuse, then abuse on the right topic. I had said that if I were a rape victim, after watching the climax, I would feel that I have shown cowardice by surviving the rape.” ‘Is a woman’s chastity more valuable than her life?’ Swara said that even today rape has become like an epidemic in the country. Referring to the recent gang rape in a moving bus in Delhi, he raised the question whether we should make such films which give the message that a woman’s chastity is more valuable than her life? Giving the example of Nirbhaya case, he said that Nirbhaya fought for her life till her last breath. No woman’s will to live should be underestimated. Debate with Priyanka Chaturvedi on social media: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi reacted to Swara’s statement on social media platform X. Priyanka wrote that when the choice was between death and becoming a slave in Haram, women chose death, which was their decision. Responding to this, Swara wrote, “Priyanka ji, you are not understanding the real thing. The matter is not about the choice of women who commit Jauhar, but about what we are glorifying. Doesn’t a rape survivor have the right to live?” What is the Jauhar scene of Padmavat? The Jauhar scene in the film comes near the climax. Alauddin Khilji’s army defeats the Rajputs and enters the fort of Chittor. Deepika Padukone’s character ‘Rani Padmavati’ performs Jauhar with the women of the fort. In the film it is shown as an incident of people setting themselves on fire to avoid being caught.
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स्वरा भास्कर बोलीं- रानी पद्मावती को कायर नहीं कहा: पद्मावत के जौहर सीन विवाद पर दी सफाई; सांसद प्रियंका चतुर्वेदी से भी हुई बहस
