Agra protest offers Rs 1.51 lakh to cut Swara Bhasker's tongue over Padmaavat Jauhar comments

Kunwar Ajay Tomar offered Rs 1.51 lakh to cut Swara Bhasker's tongue over Padmaavat Jauhar comments.

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A youth organisation leader offered Rs 1.51 lakh as a reward for cutting Swara Bhasker's tongue amid the backlash over her Padmaavat comments. ^[1] Actor Swara Bhasker faced protests in Agra, India, over her comments questioning the portrayal of Jauhar in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2018 film Padmaavat. ^[2] Swara Bhasker said the Jauhar sequence in Padmaavat could send the wrong message to rape survivors by suggesting they should commit suicide to save their honor rather than live. ^[3] Swara Bhasker spoke at the Woman Life Freedom talk at the India International Centre in Delhi on August 31, where she criticized the Jauhar scene in the film Padmaavat. ^[4] Swara Bhasker stated on her X account that it is wild that so many people, including women, are triggered by the idea that rape survivors have a right to life after rape. ^[5] Kunwar Ajay Tomar said in a video that Swara Bhasker had questioned the courage and sacrifice of Rani Padmavati and other Rajput women who performed Jauhar. ^[6] On September 1, 2026, Kunwar Ajay Tomar, state president of the Yogi Youth Brigade, led a protest in Agra against Swara Bhasker. ^[7] The Jauhar sequence in Padmaavat depicts Rani Padmavati leading women into self-immolation after Alauddin Khilji's forces defeat the Rajputs and breach the fort of Chittor. ^[8]

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A youth organisation leader offered Rs 1.51 lakh as a reward for cutting Swara Bhasker's tongue amid the backlash over her Padmaavat comments. · Mid-day

Actor Swara Bhasker faced protests in Agra, India, over her comments questioning the portrayal of Jauhar in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2018 film Padmaavat. · Mid-day

Swara Bhasker said the Jauhar sequence in Padmaavat could send the wrong message to rape survivors by suggesting they should commit suicide to save their honor rather than live. ·

Hindustan Times

Swara Bhasker spoke at the Woman Life Freedom talk at the India International Centre in Delhi on August 31, where she criticized the Jauhar scene in the film Padmaavat. ·

Hindustan Times

Swara Bhasker stated on her X account that it is wild that so many people, including women, are triggered by the idea that rape survivors have a right to life after rape. ·

Hindustan Times

Kunwar Ajay Tomar said in a video that Swara Bhasker had questioned the courage and sacrifice of Rani Padmavati and other Rajput women who performed Jauhar. · Mid-day

On September 1, 2026, Kunwar Ajay Tomar, state president of the Yogi Youth Brigade, led a protest in Agra against Swara Bhasker. · Mid-day

The Jauhar sequence in Padmaavat depicts Rani Padmavati leading women into self-immolation after Alauddin Khilji's forces defeat the Rajputs and breach the fort of Chittor. ·

Hindustan Times

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