India, Sept. 1 -- Bollywood actor Swara Bhasker reignited a social media debate with her comments on Deepika Padukone's 2018 film Padmaavat. The actor, who spoke at the Woman Life Freedom talk at the India International Centre in Delhi on August 31, spoke against the Jauhar scene in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali film. After her comments sparked backlash, the actor reacted on her X account.

Taking to X, Swara wrote a note which read, "It is WILD that so many people are triggered (women included) by the basic idea that rape survivors have a right to life after rape!"

Speaking at the event, Swara made a controversial statement about the Jauhar sequence shown towards the end of the film and said that it could send the wrong message to rape surv...