FULL INTERVIEW: https://bit.ly/NLInterviewSwaraBhasker

#SwaraBhasker is one of India’s most outspoken celebrities, regularly lending her voice to progressive causes and public protests. This has made the actor known for her performances in Tanu Weds Manu, Anaarkali of Aarah, and #Rasbhari one of the big bugbears of Hindu nationalist TV news anchors and social media trolls.

Swara speaks with Meghnad S about #nepotism in Bollywood, the audience’s role in creating and sustaining the film industry’s star system, and the rise of streaming platforms. She also speaks about her “activism” while describing herself as “an armchair activist”.

She also talks about the censoring and banning of films; the targeting of dissent; and why Bollywood actors refrain from speaking out against the incumbent government. She notes that by backing films such as Uri: The Surgical Strike, the BJP has shown that it’s the “first party to realise the power of Hindi cinema”.

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