Swara slams Vivek for rape jibe

Swara Bhasker has condemned filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri as “low and sick” after he suggested the actress take a trip to Bastar, Chhattisgarh to understand what abused women feel like.

Ever since Bhasker has, in a scathing comment on Padmaavat, said the film made her feel reduced to a [female body part] due to the self-immolation climax scene, she has been heavily trolled on social media.

Agnihotri wrote on Twitter: “We have interviewed many ‘ex-naxal’ women in Bastar. Each has gut-wrenching stories to tell, full of abuse, rape and misogyny. If they marry, they aren’t allowed to have children. I think fake feminist Swara Bhasker must make a trip to understand how it feels like.”

Bhasker replied: “I’m sorry did you just suggest that I go get myself raped? Like seriously? You typed out this tweet Vivek? I’d say pretty low and sick even by your own abysmal standards of conduct and civility.”