Swara Bhasker has discovered herself on the centre of an argument after talking about Deepika Padukone’s Jauhar scene in Padmaavat. The actor referred to as the sequence problematic, resulting in backlash. Now, Ranvir Shorey has joined the dialogue and criticised Swara’s feedback, calling her “completely shameless.”
Ranvir questioned why she related the Jauhar scene with the experiences of rape survivors. He mentioned he noticed the 2 conditions as fully totally different and didn’t perceive the comparability. He additionally accused Swara of utilizing the comparability to assault one group whereas defending one other.
On X, Ranvir Shorey wrote, “I nonetheless do not get it. Evaluating Jauhar (suicide by fireplace in defiance of inevitable and countless rape, violence and even necrophilia) to rape survivors? The place’s the connection? They’re two fully totally different units. The one intention may be to malign one group of individuals whereas making an attempt to whitewash the opposite. Totally shameless.”
I nonetheless do not get it! Evaluating Jauhar (suicide by fireplace in defiance of inevitable and countless rape, violence and even necrophilia!) to rape survivors? The place’s the connection? They’re two fully totally different units! The one intention may be to malign one group of individuals whereas…
— Ranvir Shorey (@RanvirShorey) September 2, 2026
Swara Bhasker just lately shared that she wrote a letter to Sanjay Leela Bhansali after Padmaavat was launched. She spoke in regards to the letter throughout an occasion in New Delhi and mentioned her issues in regards to the movie and its portrayal of Jauhar.
She mentioned, “I am watching this and it exhibits all these 800 girls committing Jauhar which is the story. Watching it, I used to be pondering that ‘God forbid, I used to be a rape survivor, what is that this movie telling me? I’d really feel like a coward. That I did not kill myself to save lots of my honour. Is that what you need to inform girls in a society like ours the place I really feel like there’s any method a rape epidemic. Is that what we need to inform our survivors that you do not need to reside? That when you had really been courageous and honourable girls, you’ll have killed your self? Are we saying that rape is the top of a girl’s life?”
“There was like one shot that made me so mad. I used to be like, ‘Chhee!’ There’s a close-up of a pregnant girl’s stomach and he or she’s going… So, you are saying {that a} foetus that may be feminine would not need to be born as a result of she may be raped by a Muslim ruler? I used to be so mad after which I got here out and I used to be like, ‘That is horrible’.”
Swara Bhaskar speaks about her letter to filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the scene of Jauhar within the film Padmavat pic.twitter.com/6X4Z0SvFtC
— Yeshi Seli (@YeshiSeli) August 31, 2026
Within the 2018 movie Padmaavat, Deepika performed Rani Padmavati, whereas Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh performed key roles.
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