Swara Bhasker Talks About Not Getting Work In The Industry For Her Controversial Opinions

Swara Bhasker is known for being outspoken about her beliefs and politics. Over the years, she has consistently raised her voice against various injustices, despite facing significant backlash. For example, she has been vocal about issues like women’s rights, freedom of speech, and religious intolerance in India. Swara has used social media to express her opinions and has participated in protests, such as the one against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) among others.

 

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However, her outspoken nature has had consequences. In an interview, Swara Bhasker revealed how she has lost out on a lot of work and friends from the entertainment industry because of her controversial takes. Directors, producers and distributors do not want to work with her anymore. The last movie she did was in 2022 named ‘Jahaan Chaar Yaar’.

India Today quoted her saying, “You can say, ‘I can take a bullet in a war,’ but when you take a bullet it does hurt. So my opinions have had consequences. I loved my job and I chose this profession for my love for acting. I wanted to do so many roles and acting assignments. I feel bad I didn’t get as many chances as I wanted. I am tagged as a controversial actor. Directors, producers, and distributors start speaking ill of you. Aapki ek image ban jati hai.

 

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While she realises that her actions come with consequences, it hurts her to not be able to do the thing that she loves doing the most, and that is acting.

“But the thing that really hurts me is that I didn’t have my fill of the thing I love the most – acting. I don’t want to act as a victim because I chose this path for myself. I decided that I will be vocal and put forth my opinion on issues. I could’ve chosen to stay silent,” she added.

We tend to criticise celebrities when they do not speak up against crimes and injustices. We accuse them of conveniently ignoring their responsibilities as a public figure and slam them for not using their influential voices correctly. But we tend to overlook how public figures are penalized when they raise their voices against certain establishments and forget about them when they stop showing up on the silver screen. Do you think we, as the general public, are expecting a bit too much out of celebrities?

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