Actor Swara Bhaskar has reignited the controversy surrounding Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavat, questioning the

Prakash Kapadia has defended the jauhar sequence in Padmaavat after Swara Bhasker revived her criticism of the scene. Their exchange has renewed debate over how the film frames sexual violence, honour and survival.

Actor Swara Bhasker says her remarks criticising the Jauhar scene in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2018 film 'Padmaavat' were “completely mistranslated” on social media and she never called Rani Padmavati or other women who committed Jauhar "cowards".