Swara Bhasker clarifies Padmaavat jauhar comment, faces online backlash
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AI-generated summary of the coverage listed below: Bollywood actress Swara Bhasker clarified that her remarks about the jauhar scene in the film Padmaavat were misinterpreted and wrongly translated. She said the statement was being spread as a false narrative, prompting her to release a video to set the record straight. The controversy resurfaced after her 2014 open letter to director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and she has since faced trolling on social media. QUOTE: "Maine kuch kaha tha jo ab sarasar galat tareeke se anuvadit ho raha hai" — Swara Bhasker
Covered by 10 outlets across the spectrum: 10% left, 40% center, 50% right.
How each side framed it
"She Should Respect Other Women": BJP Attacks Swara Bhasker Over Padmaavat Comment
'I Never Said Rani Padmavati Was A Coward': Swara Bhasker Clarifies Jauhar Remark, Calls Out 'False' Translation Of Her Statement- VIDEO
Swara Bhasker breaks down why Padmaavat's jauhar scene troubled her, gets trolled
Left-leaning outlets have under-covered this story. Of 10 outlets, only 1 are on the left of the spectrum.
Timeline
First reported by India TV English on ; 10 articles from 6 outlets so far.
Who is covering this story
- Left-leaning (1): NDTV
- Center (3): Free Press Journal, Deccan Herald, Indian Express
- Right-leaning (2): India TV English, Times Now
Sources
- Swara Bhasker breaks down why Padmaavat's jauhar scene troubled her, gets trolled — India TV English (right-leaning) ·
- 'I Never Said Rani Padmavati Was A Coward': Swara Bhasker Clarifies Jauhar Remark, Calls Out 'False' Translation Of Her Statement- VIDEO — Free Press Journal (center) ·
- Swara Bhasker Clears Air On Jauhar Comment Over Deepika Padukone’s Padmaavat Climax: Didn’t Say Any Sati Was Coward — Times Now (right-leaning) ·
- 'Never said Rani Padmavati was a coward': Swara Bhasker clarifies jauhar remarks were mistranslated — Deccan Herald (center) ·
- Amid Swara Bhasker's Jauhar Remark Backlash, Padmaavat Writer Says 'Let People Say What They Want' — Times Now (right-leaning) ·
- "She Should Respect Other Women": BJP Attacks Swara Bhasker Over Padmaavat Comment — NDTV (left-leaning) ·
- Swara 'Distorts' History Of Jauhar, Ignores Invaders' Brutality; 'Choice' Lobby Distorting History? — Times Now (right-leaning) ·
- Swara Bhasker Stirs A Storm, Airs Reservations On ‘Jauhar'; Whitewashing Historical Reality? WATCH — Times Now (right-leaning) ·
- Padmaavat writer defends jauhar scene after Swara Bhasker’s comments: ‘Reality of those times’ — Indian Express (center) ·
- ‘Rs 1.51 lakh reward to cut her tongue’: Threats, protests grow against Swara Bhasker’s jauhar comment in Agra — Deccan Herald (center) ·