Swara Bhaskar says people told her Sheer Qorma gave them strength to come out to their parents. Interview

Swara Bhaskar won Best Actress in Supporting Role for her film Sheer Qorma at Soho London Independent Film Festival. In an exclusive chat with IndiaToday.in, the actress talked about the film and what kind of messages she received after playing a homosexual character in it.

Swara Bhaskar’s Sheer Qorma has won the actress the Best Supporting Actress award at the prestigious Soho London Independent Film Festival. The film, which touches upon LGBT relationships, has Swara play the role of Sitara. It also stars Shabana Azmi and Divya Dutta. In an exclusive conversation with IndiaToday.in, Swara talks about the struggle to make Sheer Qorma and the awards it has won. The actress also reveals that late actress Surekha Sikri was supposed to play the character essayed by Shabana Azmi.

Speaking about the time when Sheer Qorma was offered to her, Swara says, “I read the script and I was very struck by the simplicity and yet the universal quality of it. The fact that it was talking about a pertinent issue of our time and yet it was so universal that everyone can relate to it got me hooked. Two things struck out. One, pretty much everyone goes through life having at least once fallen like that in love. And two, everyone, whoever you maybe, you know the experience of feeling your parents don’t understand you and your problems. So, these are very universal emotions. And I saw the film beautifully married the particularity of the issue with universality of the emotion. And I heard Divya Dutta ji was playing the part opposite me, so I was really excited because she has been one of my favourite actors for the longest time.”