Published 17:37 IST, November 6th 2019
Swara Bhasker in trouble, 2 complaints filed for abusing child on show
Swara Bhasker landed in trouble after complaints were filed against her for abusing a child on Abish Mathew's show. An NGO and a BJP worker sough action.
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Swara Bhasker has landed in trouble after her abusive description for a child on a chat show. After netizens vented ir fury over her comments, re is legal trouble for her too. Two complaints have been filed against actor, one by an NGO and ar by a BJP worker.
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An NGO Legal Rights Protection Forum has filed a complaint with National Commission for Protection of Child Rights. On ir Twitter handle, organisation wrote, ” Filed Complaint with NCPCR against an Actress named Swara Bhaskar for her racist & discriminating comments against Children of Sourn Part of India during a TV Show. Sought strict action against Actress & directions to Hotstar to remove content from all its Online accounts.” (sic)
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A Bharatiya Janata Party leer named Akash Joshi also registered a complaint with NCPCR. Sharing a photograph of complaint he filed, he wrote on Twitter that he would t rest till Swara Bhasker was put behind bars. In letter, he urged authorities to take strict action against Veerey Di Wedding actor. He also urged that action be taken against ors in video for encouraging her behaviour. “मेरे द्वारा बाल आयोग में स्वरा भास्कर के खिलाफ शिकायत की गई है। मैं आपको जेल में डालकर ही दम लूंगा। जब तक आप की गिरफ्तारी नहीं होगी, तब तक लड़ाई जारी रहेगी।” he wrote.
Swara in an appearance with stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra on Hotstar's chat show Son of Abish, hosted by ex-All India Bakchod comedian Abish Maw, h opened up on her experience of shooting for a soap commercial. She h revealed how she was expecting a soap vertisement like stars, but was surprised to find that she has to shoot with a four-year-old child. Mocking how child called her an ‘aunty’, she used an abusive word for child, apart from words like ‘kameena’, 'menace' and 'evil.' Social media h gone on an uproar for her comment.
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Both Swara Bhasker and Abish Maw are t new to controversies. Be it masturbation scene in Veerey Di Wedding, expressing opionions on controversial issues or fight with Vivek Agnihotri, actor is often at receiving end of trolls. Abish was a part of All India Bakchod Roast starring Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor and ors, that was pulled down and faced multiple complaints too. AIB is inactive at moment after some members were embroiled in #MeToo movement last year.
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17:26 IST, November 6th 2019