In her open letter published on The Wire, Swara had questioned whether women – widowed, old, young, raped, pregnant, and pre-pubescent – have the right to live.
While she had started her message on a congratulatory note for the performances and grandeur, Swara moved on to criticising Bhansali for making her feel ‘like a vagina only’ after watching Padmaavat.
Swara had twitted the link to her open letter where she praised the actors and film’s beauty.
She had written, “I felt like all the ‘minor’ achievements that women and women’s movements have made over the years – like the right to vote, the right to own property, the right to education, equal pay for equal work, maternity leave, the Vishakha judgment, the right to adopt children… All of it was pointless; because we were back to basics.”
