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Swara Bhasker Reveals Terrifying Drunken Director Encounter Early in Her Career
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News18•02-10-2026, 16:01
Swara Bhasker Reveals Terrifying Drunken Director Encounter Early in Her Career
- •Bollywood actress Swara Bhasker shared a shocking experience with a director who behaved inappropriately while drunk during a film shoot early in her career.
- •The incident occurred after the success of "Tanu Weds Manu," when the director began sending her poems and later invited her for a solo rehearsal of a romantic scene.
- •Swara found the director's invitation for a solo rehearsal without other actors or cameramen suspicious and acted cautiously.
- •She recalled feeling unsafe at a guesthouse where the director and cameraman were drinking, as she was only 20 years old at the time.
- •The drunk director loudly knocked on her room door at night, insisting on hugging her, which she firmly refused.
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Swara Bhasker revealed that a director knocked loudly on her guesthouse room door at night while drunk and insisted on hugging her.
The incident occurred after the success of the film Tanu Weds Manu, when she was in the early stages of her career and playing a major role.
Swara Bhasker shared this experience with co-contestants Priyanka Chahar and Tej Pratap Yadav while participating in the reality show Rise and Fall 2.
