'Mirzapur The Movie' actress Shriya Pilgaonkar reacts to Swara Bhaskar’s ‘Padmaavat’ jauhar comment: ‘It’s very easy for us to judge another context of another time’
- Posted on September 6, 2026
- By The Times of India
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In brief
The ongoing debate surrounding Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Padmaavat' intensifies as Shriya Pilgaonkar weighs in on Swara Bhaskar's controversial critique of the film's jauhar sequence. Bhaskar previously expressed concerns about how the climactic scene portrayed women, claiming it reduced female identity to physical aspects. Pilgaonkar's recent commentary emphasizes the complexity of evaluating historical practices through contemporary feminist perspectives, highlighting the challenge of contextualizing period dramas within their specific cultural and temporal frameworks.
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'Mirzapur The Movie' actress Shriya Pilgaonkar reacts to Swara Bhaskar’s ‘Padmaavat’ jauhar comment: ‘It’s very easy for us to judge another context of another time’
Swara Bhaskar’s past remarks about the jauhar sequence in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2018 period drama ‘Padmaavat’ have resurfaced after the actor recently reiterated her criticism of the practice depicted in the film. Swara had earlier objected to the climax, saying it made her feel “reduced to her vagina” as a woman.
