Swara Bhasker found herself in a storm for her open letter to Sanjay Leela Bhansali on Padmaavat (2018). The Raanjhanaa (2013) actress felt the film glorified the practice of jauhar and sati. What created a stir, though, was her comment that she felt "reduced to a vagina" after watching the film.
Bhasker’s observations drew both praise and flak on social media.
The lady watched Akshay Kumar’s Pad Man and came out praising the film. Pad Man narrates the story of Arunachalam Muruganantham who invented a machine to produce hygienic, low cost sanitary napkins.
Bhasker, popular for her feminist views, found the Akshay Kumar film "very uplifting and empowering". She posted a tweet, "#padman Uplifting, empowering, hopeful, fun & thought provoking.. R v too quick to judge people illogically because r minds r closed by archaic notions like Shame? Kudos #RBalki sir, @mrsfunnybones @swanandkirkire thank uuuuu 4 telling this story."
Pad Man is set to be released on 9 February.