Swara Bhaskar stands by her open letter

Actor Swara Bhasker, who stirred controversy with her open letter to Sanjay Leela Bhansali, in which she said that she felt "reduced to a vagina" after watching Padmaavat, says that she still stands by what she said

Actor Swara Bhasker, who stirred controversy with her open letter to Sanjay Leela Bhansali, in which she said that she felt "reduced to a vagina" after watching Padmaavat, says that she still stands by what she said. "Everything is in my letter. I stand 100 per cent with what I said (sic)," said Bhasker.

The actor's critique of Padmaavat as a movie that glorifies sati and jauhar, sparked a war of words. Celebrities like Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Vivek Agnihotri and Raveena Tandon slammed her for her comments.

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