Swara Bhasker says she has ‘lost a lot of work’ because of her opinions: ‘It is a collateral I have come to accept’ – bollywood

Swara Bhasker is fiercely opinionated and does not shy away from airing her anti-establishment views. In an interview, she said that she has lost out on projects because of the stands she takes but has come to accept it as a ‘collateral’.

In an interview with Firstpost, Swara was asked if her opinions have impacted her work. “Yes, of course, there is no denying that, and I have to admit that I have lost a lot of work because of the positions I have taken. But it is fine. It is a collateral that I have come to accept. I don’t seek and I don’t say things from a position of an influence. I am not a paid influencer, I am not paid to say these things. I say these things because I genuinely believe in it. I am willing to bear that brunt,” she said.

Earlier this year, Swara voiced her dissent against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), and even took to the streets to protest against them.

Swara said that despite taking the stands she does, she sees herself ‘primarily as an actor’ and not as an activist. She also ruled out the speculation that she is eyeing a career in politics and said that she simply expresses her opinion without any agenda behind it.

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Talking about the trolling and social backlash, Swara admitted that it ‘does bother’ her. “I have had to learn to develop a thick skin for it, which is actually sad because it just shows that you have to desensitise yourself, which is not necessarily a nice thing. But I don’t have a choice because you have to survive. But sometimes, I feel sad that people have forgotten that there is a real human being behind that Twitter or Instagram handle,” she said, adding that she refuses to be ‘silenced’.