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Actor Swara Bhasker spoke about the trolling she had to face because she married a Muslim man. She said that interfaith couples will have to face such backlash for the foreseeable future, as she spoke about the trolling that Sonakshi Sinha and Zaheer Iqbal have been facing ahead of their wedding on June 23. The couple is reportedly organising a party for their friends and families in the evening, after completing legal formalities earlier. Sonakshi and Zaheer’s wedding has drawn further attention for her family’s non-committal statements.
In an interview with Connect Cine, Swara Bhasker, who herself experienced social media backlash when she tied the knot with activist Fahad Ahmad, spoke about how common such a thing is for interfaith couples. “One of the biggest myths of modern India is ‘love jihad’, where a Hindu girl marries a Muslim man. This applies to me as well,” she said. “An interfaith couple can actually get beaten up in certain cities on Valentine’s Day.”
Asked about Sonakshi and Zaheer’s relationship in particular, she said, “Lots of experts offered their opinions during my wedding as well. But we’re talking about two consenting adults here. What they do in their private lives, whether they get married or not, it’s up to them. It’s nobody’s business if they’re living together, getting married in a court, or having a nikaah, or an Arya Samaj wedding. It’s between the man and the woman, and their families. It’s Sonakshi’s life; she’s chosen her partner. Her partner has chosen her. Now it’s between them and their families. I find this a very time-waste debate.”
Swara said that such conversations are more prevalent in India and South Asian countries, where people enjoy sticking their noses in other people’s business. “Wait and watch, when they have a child, there will be a separate debate around the child’s name. We’ve seen it happen with Kareena and Saif’s kids, and with my kid. It’s completely idiotic, but this isn’t going to end anytime soon,” she said.
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