A guest at The Indian Express' 'Express Adda', Swara Bhasker opened up about a couple of things, talking at length about her last movie 'Veere Di Wedding', casting couch in Bollywood and feminism among other things. When asked if she has ever had to deal with casting couch in her career span, Swara shared a cringeworthy anecdote about a man who claimed to be the manager of a big producer and kept asking about her residential details.
Swara said the meeting had taken a strange turn and she was trying to get out of it. As she got out of the meeting, the man tried to kiss her. Swara recalled, “When I got out this guy actually tried to kiss my ear and said 'I love you baby' and I kind of did that (shirkes away) so he got a mouthful of my hair so I was just like... so that kind of stuff happens. It's all a part of casting couch, right?” The actress also shared her thoughts about feminism.
“Feminism is about a thought that there should be equality amongst the genders. And equality not just of representation but equality of opportunity and equality of accountability, which is something that not just women but a lot of communities in India have not had, whether it is caste, whether it is women. And for me, feminism is about giving women choice. So if some women choose to be conservative or choose to deny themselves their own rights, what can I say? I think it is completely legitimate to ask those women that why do they want to tie themselves down?” she said.
